Section 149
Powers of Land Administrator or State Director in relation to applications
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Where any application under subsection 148(1) relates to lots the amalgamation of which is required to be approved by the
State Director, the Land Administrator shall refer the application to the State Director together with his recommendations thereon.
(2)
If on any application under the said subsection (1) it appears to the Land Administrator or, in a case referred to him as aforesaid, the State Director that the conditions for approval of the amalgamation specified in paragraphs 136(1)(a) to (g) (as applied by subsection 147(1)) are not satisfied, he shall reject the application.
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Section 149
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
in subsection (2), delete the words “the Land
Administrator or, in a case referred to him as aforesaid,”;
(2)
in subsection (3), delete the words “Land
Administrator or, as the case may be,”;
(3)
in subsection (4), substitute for the words
“On approving, or being informed” the words
“Where the Registrar is informed”;
(4)
in subsection (5), substitute for the words
“On rejecting, or being informed” the words
“Where the Registrar is informed”.
(3)
If on any such application it appears to the Land Administrator or, as the case may be, State Director that the said conditions are satisfied, he shall—
(a)
approve the amalgamation; or
(b)
in a case where the sanction of the State Authority is first required, submit the application to the State Authority together with his recommendations thereon, and thereafter approve the amalgamation or reject the application as the State Authority may direct.
(4)
On approving, or being informed by the State Director that he has approved, the amalgamation of any lots, the Land
Administrator shall notify the proprietor of the approval, and of the terms of any direction given by the State Authority under subsection 147(3), and shall by such notification call upon the proprietor to pay to him within a specified time—
(a)
in a case where the combined area is to be surveyed by a Survey Officer, the amount, or estimated amount, of the fees chargeable in respect of the survey;
(b)
in every case, the fees chargeable in connection with the preparation and registration of final documents of title to the combined area; and
(c)
the amount of any premium chargeable by virtue of any such direction.
(5)
On rejecting, or being informed by the State Director that he has rejected, any application, the Land Administrator shall notify the proprietor, and shall cancel, or cause to be cancelled, the notes endorsed on the register documents of title pursuant to subsection 148(2).
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Section 157a
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, substitute for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) An application by a donee of a power of attorney under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by—
(a)
an office copy of the power of attorney under subsection 83(4) of the Stamp
Ordinance [Cap. 137], or an original copy of power of attorney attested by one of the following persons:
(i)
Magistrate;
(ii)
Justice of the Peace;
(iii)
Notary Public;
(iv)
Commissioner for Oaths;
(v)
Advocates; or
(vi)
Registrar; and
(b)
a copy thereof for filing by the Registrar.”.
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