Malaysia legislation

Section 31

of *NATIONAL LAND CODE (PENANG AND MALACCA TITLES) ACT 1963

Section 31

(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.

Interim Register to be a public document