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Section 30

of Land (Group Settlement Areas) Act 1960

ActIn forceProvision 30 of 48

Section 30

(1)

Any person who within a designated area or a group settlement area enters upon or occupies any land whether by residing on or by erecting any building or by clearing, enclosing or cultivating any part thereof or cutting timber or produce thereof or by grazing animals or by cutting, digging or taking from any land any product mentioned in paragraph 32(2)(vi) without having lawful permission so to do shall be deemed to be in unlawful occupation of such land.

(2)

Any person who is in unlawful occupation of land within a designated area or a group settlement area shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit.

(3)

Without prejudice to any other action which may be taken under this section, the Collector or any police officer may summarily remove from any land in a designated area or a group settlement area any person found to be in unlawful occupation thereof and may enter upon such land and remove or destroy any cultivation or building erected thereon, and where any boundary stone or mark or ditch or other feature marking a boundary line has been removed or displaced may forthwith restore such mark and re-establish the original boundary.