Section 31
of National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles) Act 1963
Section 31
(1)
The Director shall prepare and maintain in accordance with and for the purposes of this Act a register of all holdings in the
State.
(2)
The Register prepared and maintained under subsection (1)
shall be called the Interim Register and shall consist of a series of folios compiled in the serial order of the lot numbers allotted to the holdings included therein.
(3)
Each folio of the Interim Register shall—
(a)
relate to a single holding;
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(b)
be in the form of and contain the particulars prescribed in Form D;
(c)
be bound in such manner and in a volume containing such number of folios as the Director may think fit; and
(d)
be endorsed with the rent payable for the holding.
(4)
The Director shall affix to each volume of the Interim
Register a certificate under his hand and seal certifying—
(a)
that the volume is part of the Interim Register on the appointed day;
(b)
the total number of folios in the volume on the appointed day; and
(c)
the numbers of the first and last holdings in the volume on the appointed day.
(5)
The Director may open a folio in the Interim Register for any holding or for any surveyed lot upon being satisfied that—
(a)
the absence of such a folio for any holding constitutes an omission on the appointed day; or
(b)
the surveyed lot corresponds with the unsurveyed portion or with the balance area of a holding which was partly surveyed on the appointed day.
(6)
A folio opened in the Interim Register pursuant to subsection
(5)
shall be deemed to be a single holding for the purposes of this Act and to have been included therein since the appointed day.