Malaysia legislation
Section 124
Section 124
(a)
that a plan of such subdivision has been deposited with the Registrar of Deeds before the appointed day, or with the Director on or within one month after the appointed day; and
(b)
that such subdivision has been approved by any State or local authority charged with responsibility for the approval of such subdivision for the purposes of any law relating to local government or town and country planning, open a folio of the Interim Register in respect of each conveyed part and the residue of the holding (if any), and the conveyed part or parts and the residue (if any) shall, subject to this section, thereupon each be deemed to be a single holding for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
Whenever any folio of the Interim Register is opened pursuant to subsection (1) the Director shall endorse each folio with the words
“Subdivision under section 124”, and every such endorsement shall be deemed to constitute notice that the area and boundaries of the holding comprised therein have not been surveyed for the purposes of this Act.
(3)
The Director shall, upon being satisfied that the holding comprised in any folio referred to in subsection (2) has been duly surveyed for the purposes of this Act, cancel the endorsement made upon such folio under the said subsection.
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(4)
The Director may exercise his powers under subsections (1),
(2)
and (3) in respect of any other holding if he is satisfied that—
(a)
specific areas of such holding were, on the appointed day, being occupied by the respective registered co-proprietors; and
(b)
each occupied area is referred to in a document of original title in the possession of the co-proprietor or co-proprietors:
Provided that no approval of the plan for subdivision shall be necessary for the purpose of this subsection or for the purpose of authorizing the survey of the new holdings so created.
(5)
Notwithstanding the definition of the word “holding” in subsection 4(1), the Director may exercise powers under subsections
(1)
, (2) and (3) in respect of any unsurveyed land which represents the combined areas of two or more holdings if he is satisfied that such act is necessary for or in connection with the registration of a pre-executed instrument.
(6)
No folio in the Interim Register may be opened by the
Director under subsection (1) for any part of the said unsurveyed land unless the following conditions are satisfied:
(a)
that the amalgamation of two or more holdings has been duly approved by the proper authority before the appointed day; and
(b)
that the application for amalgamation survey has been lodged with the appropriate authority.
National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles)
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*all the powers conferred on me by this Act
*the following powers conferred on me by this Act
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FORM A—DELEGATION BY THE DIRECTOR
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