Land (Subsidiary Title) Enactment 2026

This Enactment comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Interpretation

the pipes, wires, cables, ducts or other utilities which are used or capable of being used or enjoyed, by occupiers of two or more parcels within that building or are used or capable of being used for the use or enjoyment of the common property;

conduit or the cubic space enclosed by a structure enclosing pipes, wires, cables, ducts or other utilities mentioned in paragraph (a);

any structural element of the building which includes an internal or external load-bearing component of the building that is essential to the stability of the building or part of the building, but does not include any inter-floor slab between parcels, door, window or party wall unless otherwise described in the certified plan as comprised in part of, or shown as capable of being or meant to be, an external wall of a building;

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the waterproof membrane attached to an external wall or a roof but excluding such membranes attached to any roof deck, terrace or other external space that is included within a parcel or an accessory parcel to such parcel;

“comprehensive resolution” means a resolution which is passed with at least eighty percent of the total voting rights at a duly convened general meeting of a management corporation;

“development parcel” in relation to a phased development, means a parcel in respect of a building proposed to be, or in the course of being, erected on a building or land, for which a provisional subsidiary title may be issued;

“Director” has the meaning assigned to it in section 4 of the Land Ordinance;

“document of subsidiary title” means any document of subsidiary title registered and issued in electronic form or otherwise under this Enactment;

“Government surveyor” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Surveyors Ordinance 1960 [No. 22 of 1960];

“index plan” means an index plan under paragraph 6(2)(b);

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“landed parcel” means a unit delineated within the land subdivided under Part II, which is comprised of a building held under a subsidiary title, which may have a basement;

“lease” means any title issued under the Land Ordinance or any previous land law, but shall not include a Provisional Lease, Native Title, Field Register or temporary occupation licence;

“lot” in relation to a subdivided building or land, means the land which comprise the whole or several portions of non-contiguous land held under the lease where the building is erected or the landed parcel is situated, as the case may be, and a lot number has been assigned by the Director;

“management corporation” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Building Management Enactment 2026;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for matters relating to natural resources;

“owner” in relation to a subdivided building or land, means the owner of the lease to the lot immediately before the subdivision and includes the executor or administrator of an insolvent estate, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidator, receiver and manager or such other successor in title as may be conferred by any written law;

“owner of the subsidiary title” means the owner of a parcel issued with a subsidiary title;

“parcel” means —

in relation to a subdivided building or building intended to be subdivided, one of the individual units comprised in such building;

in relation to a subdivided land, one of the individual units of a landed parcel;

and its accessory parcel;

“particulars of parcel” means the particulars of the parcels set out in Form A of the Schedule;

“provisional subsidiary title” means the provisional subsidiary title issued under section 11, 12 or 13;

“register of subsidiary title” means any register of subsidiary title maintained and kept in electronic form or otherwise under section 15;

“registered surveyor” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Surveyors Ordinance 1960;

“Registrar” has the meaning assigned to it in section 4 of the Land Ordinance;

“schedule of parcels” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Building

Management Enactment 2026;

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“storey plan” means a storey plan under paragraph 6(2)(c);

“subdivided building or land” means a building or land as subdivided under

Any land having two or more buildings held as one lot shall be capable of being subdivided into landed parcels each of which is to be held under a subsidiary title.

Circumstances in which it is compulsory to apply for subdivision of a building or land

Where a building or land is issued with provisional subsidiary title —

The period for applying a subdivision under subsection (1) are as follows:

For the purpose of subsection (1), the owner is deemed to have sold a parcel if by an agreement in writing, he has agreed to convey, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of his estate or interest in the parcel to another person for valuable consideration or otherwise.

For the purpose of paragraph (3)(a), the date on which the building is or was completed shall be the date on which the certificate of fitness for occupation is issued.

For the purpose of paragraph (3)(b), the owner shall within one month from the certificate is issued by the architect, provide a copy of the said certificate to the Director.

The period specified in subsection (3) may, on an application made by the owner before the expiry of such period together with a prescribed fee, be extended once by the

Director for a period not exceeding six months.

Where an application is not made within —

Where the owner of a provisional subsidiary title fails to apply for the issuance of subsidiary titles within the period specified in paragraph (2)(b), he commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.

The court may, in addition to any penalty provided for under subsection (8) or (9), order the owner to apply for subdivision of the building or land within a period specified in the order.

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Any application for the approval of the Director for the subdivision of any building or land shall be made in writing in Form A of the Schedule and shall be accompanied by

—

The documents under subsection (2) may be submitted in any other manner as may be determined by the Director.

Every index plan shall —

Every storey plan shall —

The registered surveyor shall certify —

The Director shall, upon receiving an application under subsection (2), cause a note of the making of such application to be endorsed on the lease.

Where an accessory parcel consists of a building or parts of a building and is bounded by external walls, floors and ceilings, the dimensions and boundaries of such accessory parcel shall be shown in the index plan and storey plan in accordance with the requirements of subsections (4) and (5).

Where an accessory parcel does not consist of a building or parts of a building

—

Where the application under subsection (2) involves a development parcel, such application shall, in addition to the other requirements under this section, be accompanied with the owner’s written statement that he agrees to undertake the development on the development parcel and to complete the development by a specified date subject to any conditions, including any restriction on future development as may be determined and imposed by the Director.

An application for subdivision of building or land in relation to a development parcel shall, subject to such necessary modification as may be determined by the Director, be made in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Any person providing data incidental to the processing of the subsidiary title or provisional subsidiary title shall provide an accurate information to any officer exercising his duties under this Enactment.

Any person who contravenes subsection (12) commits an offence and shall, on conviction —

that the subdivision would not contravene any condition or restriction in interest to which the land comprised in that lease is for the time being subject;

that the subdivision would not be contrary to the provisions of any written law and that any requirements imposed with respect to the subdivision by or under such law have been complied with;

that no item of land revenue is outstanding in respect of the land;

that the particulars of parcels is consistent with the index plan and storey plan submitted for approval; and

that the land is not subject to any charge, unless with written consent of the chargee.

approve such application, if it appears to him that the conditions specified in section 7 are satisfied and that each of the proposed parcels —

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will have adequate means of access not passing through another parcel;

in any other case, reject the application.

Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b), where an application involves a proposal for the creation of one or more parcels extending beyond the limits of a storey, the Director may approve such application —

The Director may approve the application in subsection (2) notwithstanding that such application is supported only by a layout plan of the building drawn by the registered surveyor as long as such layout plan is —

Where the Director has approved any application for subdivision, he shall —

Where he rejects any application under this Part, the Director shall notify the owner and shall cancel the note endorsed on the lease pursuant to subsection 6(7).

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by himself or by instructing the registered surveyor appointed by the owner, to carry out a survey of the land and any of the buildings thereon, as he may consider fit;

from the relevant index plan and storey plans, by himself or by instructing the registered surveyor appointed by the owner —

to prepare, or cause to be prepared a certified plan, with such modifications as he may consider necessary; and

prepare two copies of the certified plan and a schedule listing all the parcels with the respective certified plan number assigned to such parcels, and such number shall be shown in the subsidiary titles to the parcels; and

submit to the Director a copy of the certified plan and diagrams so prepared, together with the approved application and a note of any fees underpaid or overpaid in respect of the surveys carried out under this subsection.

The certified plan to be prepared by the Government or the registered surveyor appointed by the owner pursuant to paragraph (1)(b) shall delineate, on as many folios as he may consider suitable for the purpose —

For the purposes of preparing a certified plan under this section, where a parcel shares a common boundary with another parcel or with any part of the building not comprised in any of the parcels, the boundary shall, unless otherwise provided in the relevant storey plan, be the centre of the floor, wall or ceiling, as the case may be, or in the case of landed parcels, the boundary shall be defined by its demarcation on the land.

to deliver the lease to the lot for endorsement; and

for the payment of —

any amount underpaid in accordance with paragraph 9(1)(d); and

Where —

When a land has a charge or other encumbrances, the owner shall —

the immediate survey of the building is impracticable;

the number of parcels of the building or the complexity of the subdivision will necessitate a longer processing time;

the building has been completed for not less than three years and there has been sale of a parcel in such building to any person; or

such other circumstances relating to the subdivision of the building or land as the Director considers appropriate.

The provisional subsidiary title issued under subsection (1) shall —

A provisional subsidiary title issued under this section shall have the following

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effect:

The boundaries of the parcel or any parts of the building or land issued with provisional subsidiary title shall not be deemed to be final.

All existing charges or subleases registered on the lease to the lot in respect of any part of the building shall be carried forward to the relevant provisional subsidiary title.

The Director may, upon receiving an application in section 6, direct the Registrar to open a file of register of subsidiary title and issue, subject to any terms and conditions as he may impose, a provisional subsidiary title in Form D of the Schedule.

Such provisional subsidiary title issued under subsection (2) shall specify the extent and describe as accurately as possible the position of the parcel to which it relates and contain the following special terms:

Without prejudice to the generality of other provisions in this Enactment, the provisional subsidiary title issued under subsection (2) shall contain the following implied terms:

The provisional subsidiary title issued under this section shall comply with the requirements in subsection 11(2) and have the same effects in subsections 11(3), (4) and

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Issuance of subsidiary title or provisional subsidiary title for Building Subdivision

where the Director is satisfied that the requirements for the issuance of a subsidiary title under this Enactment have been complied with, issue a subsidiary title; or

where any of the circumstances in subsection 11(1) arises, issue a provisional subsidiary title.

The issuance of the provisional subsidiary title under this section shall comply with the procedure set out under section 11.

After the conversion of any existing register document of subsidiary title into electronic form under subsection (1), the existing issue document of subsidiary title in respect of such register document of subsidiary title shall continue to be in operation and valid for all purposes of this Enactment until such issue document of subsidiary title is converted into electronic form and authenticated by the Registrar through his electronic signature.

Upon the conversion of any existing document referred to under subsection (1), the

Registrar shall —

The register of subsidiary title shall consist of a series of files, each relating to one lease, and every such file shall contain —

The Commissioner shall submit the name of the management corporation, and the address for the service of documents as stated in Form G of the Schedule to the Registrar.

For the purposes of preparing the statement in Form F of the Schedule, any sublease

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or tenancy that relates to a specific part of a building which corresponds exactly to a parcel created after subdivision are not required to be included.

Notwithstanding subsection (4), any sublease, tenancy or charge shall be endorsed on the register document of subsidiary title to the parcel in question.

The Registrar shall, in the case of caveats or Collector’s caveats appearing on the lease to the lot and if satisfied that such caveats affect only particular parcels created on subdivision, endorse such caveats on the register documents of subsidiary title to the parcels in question, and endorse or cause to be endorsed, a note of the cancellation of such caveats on the register document of title to the lot.

In the case of a charge appearing on the lease to the lot, the Registrar shall, in accordance with the chargee’s written confirmation, carry forward and endorse such charge on the register documents of title to the parcel or parcels as confirmed, and endorse or cause to be endorsed, a note of the cancellation of such charge on the register document of title to the lot.

replace the copy of the original certified plan in the relevant book of the register of subsidiary title with the copy of the new certified plan prepared for his retention;

amend the existing particulars of parcels and make such other alterations in the register of subsidiary title as are necessary to take account of the change made by the completion of the building within the development parcel;

endorse on the register of subsidiary title which relates to such development parcel a statement to the effect that subsidiary titles which specify the title numbers thereof have been issued to the new parcels; and

deal with the lease which relates to such development parcel in the like manner as if it is a lease to the lot.

The documents of subsidiary title to be prepared by the Registrar in respect of any parcel within a subdivided building or land shall consist of —

Every document of subsidiary title shall be prepared in the name of the person last registered as owner of the lease in question except in cases where the lease is registered under two or more owners, such documents of subsidiary title may be prepared and allotted respectively to the name of a co-owner in the manner agreed in Form A of the Schedule.

No document of subsidiary title shall include any building or part of a building or space outside the boundaries of the lot, or development parcel, as the case may be.

In the case of subdivision of a co-ownership building as provided for in the Building

Management Enactment 2026, in preparing subsidiary titles pursuant to an application made pursuant to a Building Subdivision Authorisation, the Director shall direct the

Registrar —

The registration of register documents of subsidiary title shall be authenticated by the Registrar through his electronic signature, and the date of registration shall be endorsed by him on every such document.

On authenticating the statement in Form F of the Schedule required to be contained in any file of the electronic register of subsidiary title, the Registrar shall make on the lease to the lot in question an entry to the effect that the file has been opened, and that the common property has been vested in the management corporation pursuant to section 23, and shall return the lease to that management corporation.

No entry shall thereafter be made either on the lease except one affecting the common property.

Upon the vesting of the common property in the management corporation pursuant to section 23, the lease in question shall be free from encumbrances.

Notwithstanding subsection (4), any existing charge, sublease or other encumbrances on such lease shall be carried forward to all the parcels or to only those parcels with written confirmation from the chargee, lessee or caveator, as the case may be.

The date of vesting of the common property in the management corporation under subsection (1) shall not prejudice the operation of the Building Management Enactment 2026 or any other law where the common property may be deemed as vested earlier or as

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giving the management corporation custody over the common property.

The owner of the subsidiary title may, with the approval of the Director —

For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), any two or more parcels shall be taken to be contiguous if each of them shares at least one horizontal or vertical boundary including a boundary which consists of a wall, floor or ceiling.

In relation to application involving a development parcel, this section shall apply with necessary modifications as may be approved by the Director.

that the proposed subdivision or amalgamation would not contravene any restriction in the interest of which any of the affected parcel is subjected to;

that the proposed subdivision or amalgamation would not be contrary to the provisions of any written law, and that any requirements imposed with respect to the subdivision or amalgamation by or under any such law have been complied with;

that no item of contribution is outstanding in respect of any affected parcel as at the date of application;

that consent in writing to the making of the application has been obtained from every person who at the time when the approval was applied for, was entitled to the benefit of —

a charge of an affected parcel; or

that where a subdivision or an amalgamation is proposed, each new parcel will have adequate means of access not passing through another parcel; and

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that the views of the management corporation, in relation to an application for subdivision or amalgamation of parcels, are obtained.

such fee as may be prescribed;

a plan in triplicate, duly certified by a registered surveyor and showing all the details of the subdivision or amalgamation;

a statement from the applicant of the number of voting rights of the new parcel;

all such written consents to the making of the application as are required under paragraph 20(d); and

a certified true copy of the issue documents of subsidiary title of the affected parcel.

notify the owner and the Commissioner on the opening of the register of subsidiary title; and

make copies of all relevant documents in the file of the register of subsidiary title and extend the same to the Commissioner.

the common property shall be vested on the management corporation; and

the management corporation shall be the custodian of the lease to the lot.

Subject to subsection (3), the management corporation shall, in relation to the common property, have the powers conferred by the provisions of the Land Ordinance on an owner in relation to his land.

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The management corporation, unless provided otherwise in this Enactment or any other written law —

the building is totally destroyed;

the owner of subsidiary title seek to demolish the building, or in the case of a building which has been partially destroyed, the remaining parts of the building to be destroyed;

there is only one owner of subsidiary title for all the parcels; or

the lease of the lot is wholly or partially acquired by the Government, may be directed by comprehensive resolution to take action to terminate the subdivision of the building or land, and the management corporation if so directed shall lodge with the Registrar on a notification in Form I of the Schedule, together with the issued document of subsidiary title.

The Registrar shall, upon receipt of a notification under subsection (1) and if he is satisfied that no land revenue is outstanding in respect of the lot, make a memorial of the notification in the Register of Titles and the register of the subsidiary title and inform the

Government surveyor that he has done so.

Upon the making of a memorial under subsection (2) in respect of a subdivided building or land —

Where the management corporation becomes the owner of the lot under subsection

—

Notwithstanding the termination of a subdivision under this section, the relevant files of the register of subsidiary title shall continue in existence while the management corporation remains the owner of the lot and may be used in evidence as a record of matters relating to the subdivision before its termination.

Where the management corporation, having become the owner of the lot under subsection (3), transfers the lot in pursuance of a direction under paragraph (4)(d) —

A court of competent jurisdiction, if it is satisfied that the justice of the case so requires —

In this section —

“former chargee” means a person who, immediately before the subdivision of a subdivided building or land is terminated under this section, is the registered chargee of a parcel in the building or land;

“former owner” means a person who, immediately before the subdivision of a subdivided building is terminated under this section, is the proprietor of a parcel in the building or land or of a development parcel on the land on which the building is situated;

“former owner of subsidiary title” means a person who, immediately before the subdivision of a subdivided building or land is terminated under this section, is the subsidiary owner of a parcel in such building or land; and

“Register of Titles” shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 4 of the Land

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Ordinance.

In the exercise of its power under subsection (1), the Court may make such orders as it thinks necessary or expedient for giving effect to the arrangement, including —

The Court may vary any order made under subsection (2) on the application of any person entitled to appear and be heard on the hearing of the application.

in relation to his parcel, the powers conferred by the provisions of the Land

Ordinance on an owner in relation to his land; and

in relation to the common property, the right of user which he would have if he and the other owner of the subsidiary title were co-owners thereof and

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subject to any limitations imposed in the Building Management Enactment 2026.

No rights in a common property shall be disposed of by the owner of subsidiary title except as rights appurtenant to a parcel, and any disposition of a parcel by the owner of subsidiary title shall without express reference include a like disposition of the rights in the common property which are appurtenant to the parcel.

Each owner of the subsidiary title shall be entitled to have his parcel sheltered by all such parts of the subdivided building as are capable of affording shelter and may, for the purpose of replacing, renewing or restoring any such shelter, enter upon the common property or any other parcel.

The owners and occupiers of an adjoining building shall be deemed to enjoy the right of access or right of service through the shared staircase or common area if such building —

The rights and obligations mentioned in subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall be effective notwithstanding the absence of any memorial or notification in the register of subsidiary title, and there shall be implied in respect of them such ancillary rights and obligations as are reasonably necessary to make them effective.

In this section —

“right of support” means a right to subjacent and lateral support by the common property and by every other parcel capable of affording support; and

“right of service” means rights to the passage or provision of water, sewage, drainage, gas, electricity, garbage, artificially cooled or heated air and other services, including telephone, radio and television services, through or by means of pipe, wires, cables or ducts.

No dealings to be registered on the document of subsidiary title if contributions and other charges unpaid

all amounts due to the management corporation by the owner or occupier of the parcel in respect of any contributions, fees or costs payable under the

Building Management Enactment 2026 have been paid; and

all amounts due by the owner or occupier of the parcel on account of any expenses incurred or advances made by the management corporation in relation to such parcel under this Enactment have been paid.

Upon the amount due under subsection (1) is paid, the management corporation shall deliver the statement to the applicant for registration or to his attorney or agent.

In addition, and without prejudice to any other written laws, the management corporation may give a notice to the Registrar or Collector in Form J of the Schedule requiring that —

The contributions in a notice of charge registered under subsection (3) shall not be personal to the owner but shall be attached to the parcel and shall not be subject to the

Limitation Ordinance [Cap. 72].

Any such officer shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the

Penal Code [Act 574].

There shall be issued to each authorized officer an authority card to be signed by the Director.

Whenever an authorized officer exercises any of the powers under this Enactment, he shall, on demand, produce to the person against whom the power is being exercised the authority card issued to him under subsection (1).

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inspecting any person carrying on a business or employed in connection with any thing or document as he considers necessary; or

verifying the accuracy of records or statement or any information given to an authorized officer.

The authorized officer may, in relation to an investigation in respect of any offence committed under this Enactment, exercise all or any of the powers in relation to police investigation in any seizable offence, except the power to arrest without warrant, given under the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593].

any premises have been used for or are about to be used for; or

there is in any premises, evidence necessary to the conduct of an investigation into, the commission of an offence under this Enactment, the Magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing any authorized officer named in the warrant, to enter the premises at any reasonable time by day or by night, and with or without assistance, and if need be by force.

Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the warrant issued by the

Magistrate may authorize the authorized officer to —

An authorized officer may, in the exercise of his powers under this section, if it is necessary so to do —

No person shall be searched except by another person of the same gender, and such search shall be conducted with strict regard to decency.

Any person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to under subsection (1) or removes any thing or document seized under seal or attempts to do so, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both, and for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

For the purpose of this section, an authorized officer shall be provided with the necessary password, encryption code, decryption code, software or hardware and any other means required to enable the comprehension of computerized data.

Where an authorized officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any conveyance is carrying any thing or document in respect of which an offence under this Enactment is being or has been committed, the authorized officer may stop and search the conveyance and may, if on examination he has reasonable cause to believe that such conveyance is or has been used for the commission of such offence, seize the conveyance and any thing or document found in the conveyance that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of such offence.

The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the authorized officer —

Any person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

Where any seizure is made under this Enactment, the authorized officer making the seizure shall prepare a list of any thing or document seized and shall sign the list.

The list prepared in accordance with subsection (1) shall be delivered to the occupier of the premises where any thing or document seized is found.

Where the seizure is made in or from any premises which is unoccupied, the authorized officer shall whenever possible post a list of the things seized conspicuously at the premises.

An order for the forfeiture of any thing or document shall be made if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that an offence under this Enactment has been committed and that any thing or document were the subject matter of or was used in the commission of the offence, even though no person may have been convicted of such offence.

If there is no prosecution with regard to any thing or document seized under this

Enactment, such thing or document shall be taken and deemed to be forfeited at the expiration period of one calendar month from the date of service of a notice to the last known address of the person from whom the thing or document were seized indicating that there is no prosecution in respect of such thing or document unless before the expiration of that period a claim thereto is made in the manner set out under subsections (5), (6),

and (8).

If no claim is made under subsection (5) within one calendar month from the date of service of the notice referred to under subsection (3), the thing or document seized under this Enactment shall be taken and deemed to be forfeited at the expiration of that period.

Any person asserting that he is the owner of any thing or document referred to under subsection (3) and that it is not liable to forfeiture may personally or by his agent authorized in writing, give written notice to the authorized officer in whose possession such thing or document are held that he claim the thing or document.

On receipt of the notice referred to under subsection (5), the authorized officer shall refer the claim to a Magistrate.

The Magistrate to whom a matter is referred under subsection (6) shall issue a summons requiring —

If it is proved that an offence under this Enactment has been committed and that any thing or document were the subject matter of or were used in the commission of such offence, the Magistrate shall order the thing or document to be forfeited, and shall, in the absence of such proof, order its release.

Any thing or document forfeited or deemed to be forfeited shall be delivered to the

Director and shall be disposed of in such manner as the Director thinks fit.

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If the person refuses or fails to attend as so required, the authorized officer may report such refusal or failure to a court who shall issue a summons to secure the attendance of such person as may be required by the order made under subsection (1).

Such person shall be bound to answer all questions relating to the case put to him by the authorized officer, but he may refuse to answer any question the answer to which would have a tendency to expose him to a criminal charge or penalty or forfeiture.

A person making a statement under this section shall be legally bound to state the truth, whether or not such statement is made wholly or partly in answer to the questions.

The authorized officer examining a person under subsection (1) shall first inform that person of the provisions of subsections (2) and (3).

A statement made by any person under this section shall, whenever possible, be reduced into writing and signed by the person making it or affixed with his thumbprint, as the case may be, after the statement has been read to him in the language in which he made it and after he has been given an opportunity to make any correction he may wish.

refuses any authorized officer access to any premises which the authorized officer is entitled to have under this Enactment or in the execution of any duty imposed or function conferred by this Enactment;

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refuses to give any authorized officer any information relating to an offence or suspected offence under this Enactment or any other information which may reasonably be required of him and which he has in his knowledge or power to give;

in any way assaults, obstructs, hinders, interferes or delays the authorized officer in the performance of his duties under this Enactment; or

fails to give reasonable facilities or assistance to any authorized officer in the performance of his duties under this Enactment, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

destroys, conceals, mutilates or alters; or

send or attempts to send or conspires with any other person to remove from his premises, any thing or document kept or maintained with the intent to defraud any person performing duty under this Enactment or to prevent, delay, to mislead or obstruct the carrying out of an investigation commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate; and

if the body corporate is found guilty of the offence, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless having regard to the nature of his functions in

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that capacity and to all circumstances, he proves —

that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and

Where any person would be liable to any punishment or penalty under this Enactment for any act, omission, neglect or default committed —

Any person who commits an offence under this Enactment or any subsidiary legislation made under this Enactment or fail to comply with any requirement under this

Enactment for which no penalty is expressly provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Any body corporate which commits an offence under this Enactment or any subsidiary legislation made under this Enactment or fail to comply with any requirement under this

Enactment for which no penalty is expressly provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit.

the Director, Registrar, Collector or an enforcement officer;

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and

any other person for or on account of or in respect of any act done or purported to be done by him under the order, direction or instruction of the

Director, or an enforcement officer, if the act was done in good faith and in a reasonable belief that it was necessary for the purpose intended to be served by it and for the carrying into effect the provision of this

Enactment.

The Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 [Act 198] shall apply to any action, suit, prosecution or proceedings against the Minister, the Director, the Collector or any officer in respect of any act, neglect or default done or committed by any of them in such capacity.

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may be made for the following purposes:

Any regulations made under subsection (2) may prescribe an act or omission in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe penalties —

Any subsidiary title issued or register maintained under the repealed Enactment shall be deemed to have been issued or maintained under this Enactment.

Any application or other matters that had been approved under the repealed

Enactment and any subsidiary titles that had been issued immediately before the date of commencement of this Enactment shall, after the date of commencement of this Enactment, continue to be in operation and valid for all purposes until the same is returned to the

Director for his processing, revision and exchange with its replacement.

For the purposes of this section, “repealed Enactment” means the Land (Subsidiary

Title) Enactment 1972.

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