Malaysia legislation
Section 79
of MALAYSIA ACT
Section 79
(2)
Land vested in the Federal Lands Commissioner by subsection (1) shall vest in him for the term for which it was leased or agreed to be leased to the Services’ Lands Board for the purposes there mentioned, and on the terms and conditions on which it was so leased or agreed to be leased, except that—
(a)
the Federal Lands Commissioner shall take the place of the Services’ Lands Board; and
(b)
a condition that, subject to subsection (3) of this section, the land shall be used by the Federal Government for defence purposes (including the purpose of implementing any agreement with the government of the United Kingdom relating to defence) shall take the place of any condition that the land shall be used for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1).
(3)
For the purpose of implementing any such agreement as aforesaid, the Federal Government may permit any authority of the government of the United Kingdom to occupy, use, control or manage for defence purposes any land which is to be used for those purposes under subsection (2) of this section, or subsection (1)
of section 75; and where land is vested in the Federal Lands
Commissioner under this section, the Federal Lands Commissioner on the direction of the Federal Government may from time to time grant leases of the land for defence purposes for any term not exceeding at any time thirty years to any person for and on behalf of the government of the United Kingdom.
(4)
Subsection (1) of section 75 shall not apply to land in
Singapore which immediately before Malaysia Day is occupied for defence purposes under a temporary occupation licence.
(5)
In this section, “the Services’ Lands Board” means the corporation incorporated by that name under the Services’ Lands
Board Ordinance, 1959, of Singapore (No.8 of 1959).
Act 26/1963
Temporary financial provisions