Malaysia legislation

Section 58

of LAND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1956

Section 58

Malay Reservation or Native Land

(a)

for the purposes of the Malay Reservation Enactment of the Federated Malay States [F.M.S. Ord. 142] and the corresponding law in force in any part of Peninsular

Malaysia to be a Malay, and any registered interest in land in a Malay Reservation of which the Authority or such board or corporation is proprietor shall be deemed for such purposes to be a Malay holding;

(b)

for the purposes of Part IV of the Land Ordinance of

Sabah [Sabah Cap. 68], other than sections 65, 66 and 69, and the purposes of the Land Code of Sarawak

[Sarawak Cap. 81], other than section 5, to be a Native:

Provided that subsection 70(3) of the Land Ordinance of Sabah shall not apply to the Authority or any corporation.

(2)

Notwithstanding any provision of the Malay Reservations

Enactment of the State of Terengganu [Terengganu En. 17 of 1360

(AH)] to the contrary no registered interest of the Authority or any board or corporation as proprietor in any land in the State of

Terengganu not included in a Malay reservation shall be deemed to be a Malay holding for the purposes of the said Enactment.

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Compulsory acquisition of land