Malaysia legislation
Section 160a
Section 160a
Definition of “new district”
In this Part “new district” means one of the districts into which the territory of the State has been divided by notification in the Gazette under paragraph 11(a) by the State Authority on or after 1 January 1966.
Powers of Land Administrator of new district in respect of registers 160b. (1) The Land Administrator of a new district shall have jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the new district.
(2)
The Land Administrator shall, as soon as possible, make a note in every register document of title of alienated land within the boundaries of the district to the effect that the title shall form part of the registers of titles of the new district for land within a mukim, town or village from the date of the notification in the
Gazette under paragraph 11(a).
(2a)
Such action in relation to the land with subdivided building shall also be made to the subsidiary register.
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Act 828
National Land Code 271
Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Section 160
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, delete the words “or, as the case may be, Land
Administrator”.
Section 160a
In its application to the Federal Territory of
Labuan, substitute for the words “the first day of
January 1966” the words “the commencement of the extended Code”.
Section 160b
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
in subsection (2), substitute for the words
“mukim, town or village” the words “town or country”;
(2)
in subsection (3), substitute for the words “for the purposes of sections 159 and 160 and they shall be referred to as former registers” the words “for the purpose of section 160 and it shall be referred to as the former register”.
(3)
Upon the entry of the note under subsection (2) the document of title shall be deemed to form part of the registers of title of the new district for the purposes of sections 159 and 160 and they shall be referred to as former registers:
Provided that it shall not be necessary for any amendment to be made to the title number in any former register and the said number shall not be taken into consideration in determining the title serial number of a new document of title for the new district.
(4)
The Land Administrator of the new district shall, as soon as possible, call upon the proprietor of the land affected by the note under subsection (2) to produce the issue document of title for the purpose of entering therein a copy of the said note and, upon completing the entry, shall return the same to the proprietor.
(5)
No register document of title and subsidiary register, which contain a note under subsection (2) or (2a), as the case may be, shall be removed from the Registry.
Issue of title in continuation 160c. (1) The Land Administrator shall as soon as possible after taking action under subsection 160b(2), cause a title in continuation to be issued in accordance with paragraph 166(1)(j).
(2)
In the case of land with subdivided building, the title in continuation shall be issued in respect of every document relating to parcel held under subsidiary title comprised thereto and the
Land Administrator shall, pursuant to subsection (1), cause the relevant strata register in Form 2 and Form 3 in the First Schedule to the Strata Titles Act 1985 to be re-established.