Section 137
Applications for approval
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Any application by a proprietor for approval of the subdivision of any land shall be made in writing to the Land
Administrator in Form 9a, and shall be accompanied by—
(a)
such fee as may be prescribed;
(b)
a pre-computation plan of the land showing the details of the subdivision, together with such number of copies thereof as may be prescribed or, in the absence of any such prescription, as the Land Administrator may require;
(c)
if it is so prescribed or, in the absence of any such prescription, if the Land Administrator so requires, a copy of any approval or consent required under paragraph 136(1)(c); and
(d)
all such written consents to the making of the application as are required under paragraph (e) of that subsection:
Provided that, in a case where paragraphs 136(1)(c) and (e) are not applicable and the land is held under Land Office title, the
Land Administrator may if he thinks fit accept an application in any form.
(2)
Upon receiving any application under subsection (1), the
Land Administrator shall endorse, or cause to be endorsed, a note thereof on the register document of title to the land to which it relates.
(3)
Where the application relates to estate land—
(a)
the Land Administrator shall refer it to the Estate Land
Board established under section 214a; and
(b)
the Secretary of the Estate Land Board shall convey its recommendations as expeditiously as possible to the
Land Administrator.
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Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Section 137
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
at the end of paragraph (1)(d), substitute for the colon a full stop;
(2)
delete the proviso to subsection (1);
(3)
delete subsection (3).