Section 113 — NATIONAL LAND CODE (PENANG AND MALACCA TITLES) ACT 1963

(a)

fraudulently procures, assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procuring of any document of title or other instrument, or of any entry in the Interim

Register, or any alteration or erasure of or addition to

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any entry in the Interim Register, or in any instrument or form issued by the Director;

(b)

after a requisition in writing made by any officer pursuant to paragraph 9(1)(b), without reasonable excuse refuses or neglects—

(i)

to produce any deed or document in his possession or under his control or to allow such deed or document to be inspected by such office;

or

(ii)

to give information as to the whereabouts of any deed or document or the person in whose custody any deed or document may be;

(c)

fraudulently uses or assists in fraudulently using or is privy to the fraudulent using of any instrument or form purporting to be issued or authorized under this Act;

(d)

knowingly misleads or deceives or fails to comply with any lawful request of any person authorized by this Act to obtain information in respect of any land or holding;

or

(e)

fraudulently removes from the Interim Register any part thereof, or causes any defacement, obliteration, mutilation or unauthorized entry or alteration to be made thereto;

(f)

(Omitted)

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both.

(2)

No proceeding or conviction for any act punishable under subsection (1) shall affect any remedy which any person aggrieved or

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injured by such act may be entitled to against the person who committed such act or his estate.

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