Malaysia legislation
Section 102
Section 102
Subject to this section, the Mukim Register kept under the
Ordinance shall continue in existence after the appointed day, but shall be known as the Malacca Customary Land Register.
(2)
As and when it is expedient to do so, the Land Administrator shall prepare and issue documents of title under the National Land
Code in continuation of the titles entered in the Malacca Customary
Land Register and, in doing so, shall follow as nearly as may be the procedure prescribed by the National Land Code in respect of land held on a Mukim grant for the issue of final title in continuation of final title to land as a whole:
Provided that—
(a)
sections 166 to 169 of the Code shall not apply; and
(b)
no fee shall be chargeable.
(3)
The Land Administrator shall register an instrument of dealing with respect to a holding of customary land—
(a)
where title in continuation has not yet been issued under subsection (2), by entering a memorial of the dealing
(the memorial being signed and dated and otherwise in
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such terms as the Land Administrator considers appropriate) in the Malacca Customary Land Register and filing the instrument; and
(b)
where title in continuation has been so issued, in the manner provided by the National Land Code.
(4)
Registration under paragraph (3)(a) shall be deemed to be, and shall be as effective as, registration under the National Land
Code.
(5)
The Malacca Customary Land Register shall be maintained separately from all other registers relating to land in the State.
Mortgages of customary land