Section 14
Power of State Authority to make rules
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), the State Authority may make rules generally for carrying out the objects and purposes of this
Act within the State, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may by such rules make provision with respect to—
(a)
the mode in which applications for State land are to be made;
(aa) the exemption of any disposal of land, or any dealing or other act with regard to alienated land or any interest in land from the requirement in subsection 433b(1) or 433e(1), as the case may be;
(ab) the exemption of any non-citizen or foreign company or class of non-citizen or foreign company from
Part Thirty-three (A) and the circumstances in which the exemption may be given;
(b)
the issue, under Chapters 2 and 3 respectively of Part Four, of temporary occupation licences and permits to extract and remove rock materials, and the issue for the purposes of section 427 of permits for the grazing of animals;
(c)
the control and management of reserved land, and the leasing thereof under section 63;
(d)
the sale by auction of land required by or under this Act to be so sold;
(e)
the rates (being rates per †hectare or other lesser unit of †area) at which the rent to be reserved on, and the premium, if any, to be charged in respect of, the alienation under this Act of land of any class or description are, subject to the provisions of this Act, to be calculated;
† In respect of underground land, substitute for the words “hectare” and “area” the words “cubic metre” and “volume” respectively—see P.U. (A) 204/1997.
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Section 14
In its application to the Federal Territory of Kuala
Lumpur, the reference to the “State Authority”
shall be construed as reference to the “Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for lands in the Federal Territory”.
P.U. (A) 534/1983
In its application to the Federal Territory of
Putrajaya, reference to “State Authority” shall be construed as reference to “Minister charged with the responsibility for lands in the Federal Territory”.
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
references to the “State Authority” shall be construed as references to the “Minister charged with the responsibility for lands in the Federal Territory”;
(2)
in paragraph 14(1)(k), substitute for the words
“12(1)” the words “12(1b)”.
(f)
the payments to be made under, and other incidents of, including matters relating to refund or forfeiture of any sum paid as deposit, licences and permits issued under this Act;
(g)
the fees or levy to be paid in connection with any matter arising under this Act;
(ga) the remission in whole or in part of any levy to be paid under paragraph (g) or the exemption of any non-citizen or foreign company from the payment of such levy or any part thereof;
(h)
the scale of costs to be paid in relation to enquiries under this Act;
(i)
the places at which, and officers to whom, any item of land revenue is to be paid;
(j)
the collection, remission, rebate, payment by instalments or deferment of payment of any item of land revenue;
(ja) the offences which may be compounded and the method and procedure for compounding such offences;
(k)
the powers and duties of any officers appointed under subsection 12(1); and
(l)
in so far as they do not fall within any of the preceding paragraphs, all procedural and other matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
(1a)
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1)(aa), (ab), (g) and (ga), the
State Authority shall not make rules under paragraph (aa), or (ab), or under paragraph (g) with respect to any levy to be paid under this Act, or under paragraph (ga), except in accordance with the directions given by the National Land Council.
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Section 15
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
in subsection (1)—
(a)
substitute for the words “The State Director, the Registrar and any Land Administrator”
the words “The State Director and the
Registrar”; and
(b)
in paragraph (d), references to the “State
Secretary” shall be construed as references to the “Chief Secretary to the Government”;
(2)
in subsection (3), substitute for the words
“12(1)” the words “12(1b)”.
Paragraph 15(1)(d)
In its application to the Federal Territory of Kuala
Lumpur, the reference to the “State Secretary” shall be construed as reference to the “Chief Secretary”.
In its application to the Federal Territory of
Putrajaya, reference to “State Secretary” shall be construed as reference to “Chief Secretary”.
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(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall empower the State Authority to make rules with respect to the practice or procedure of the
Survey and Mapping Department, or the powers or duties of Survey
Officers, or with respect to any matter concerning payments in connection with surveys carried out by the Survey and Mapping
Department other than the collection of such payments.