Malaysia legislation

Section 9

of Land (Subsidiary Title) Enactment 2026

Section 9

(a)

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;

(b)

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

(i)

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

(ii)

to file in his office, such certified plan pursuant to the requirements of subsection (2);

(c)

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

(d)

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.

(2)

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 —

(a)

in relation to a building capable of being subdivided, the storeys of the building to be subdivided, and the parcels within each storey and every folio shall contain a vertical section of the building to be subdivided, showing the position therein of the storey to which it relates and a plan of the land showing the position of every building thereon; or

(b)

in relation to a land capable of being subdivided, the boundaries and boundary marks of the lot and the parcels showing the position of every building thereon.

(3)

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.

Issuance of subsidiary title to individual parcels

Section 9 — Land (Subsidiary Title) Enactment 2026