Malaysia legislation

Section 159

of NATIONAL LAND CODE (REVISED - 2020)

Section 159

Land Office title—the Mukim Registers

(1)

In respect of each mukim within his district, every

Land Administrator shall open for the purposes of this Act, and maintain at the Land Office, two series of books, to be known collectively as the Mukim Register.

(2)

One series of books opened under this section shall relate to Mukim grants, and another to Mukim leases; and every Mukim grant and Mukim lease prepared by the Land

Administrator for registration under this Act, whether on the alienation of land under this Act or in continuation of title

(as defined in subsection 158(2)) or in replacement of register document of title under Chapter 4, shall be bound up in a book of the appropriate series and serially numbered therein:

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Act 828

National Land Code 269

Provisions of the

National Land Code

Modification

Section 159

In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, delete this section.

Provided that where it is appropriate to issue a title in continuation in the form of multileaf title, the Land Administrator shall open two new series of books to be known collectively as the Mukim

Register, one series relating to multileaf Mukim grants and another series relating to multileaf Mukim leases.