National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 3 · Final title in continuation of final title
165. General provisions with respect to documents in continuation
Feedback & supportThe preparation, registration and issue of documents in continuation under this Chapter shall be effected—
by the Registrar in the case of grants and State leases, the issue documents appropriate thereto and documents relating to parcels held under subsidiary title; and
by the Land Administrator in the case of Mukim grants and
Mukim leases and the issue documents appropriate thereto and documents relating to parcels held under subsidiary title:
Provided that in the case of a title in continuation of any land covering more than one surveyed lot the Registrar or the Land
Administrator shall register and issue a new title in respect of each surveyed lot.
The registration of register documents of title prepared under this Chapter shall consist of their authentication under the hand and seal of the Registrar or Land Administrator, as the case may be; and the date of registration shall be inscribed on every such document by the Registrar or Land
Registrar
“Registrar” means— (a) in relation to land held or to be held under Registry title, or under the form of qualified title corresponding to Registry title, or under subsidiary title dependent on a Registry title, a Registrar of Titles or Deputy Registrar of Titles appointed under section 12; (b) in relation to land held or to be held under Land Office title, or under the form of qualified title corresponding thereto, or under subsidiary title dependent on a Land Office title, the Land Administrator;
Administrator.
Sections 89 to 91 shall apply to documents in continuation prepared under this Chapter as they apply to documents of final title prepared on alienation under Chapter 3 of Part Five:
final title
“final title” means Registry title, Land Office title and subsidiary title (that is to say, all forms of title other than qualified title);
Provided that, where the land to which the documents in continuation relate is subject to a charge or lien, nothing in section 90 shall be taken to authorize the issue of the issue documents to the proprietor of the land.
land
“land” includes— (a) that surface of the earth and all substances forming that surface; (b) the earth below the surface and all substances therein; (c) all vegetation and other natural products, whether or not requiring the periodical application of labour to their production, and whether on or below the surface; (d) all things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, whether on or below the surface; and (e) land covered by water;
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Modification
Section 165
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
substitute for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) The preparation, registration and issue of documents appropriate thereto and documents relating to parcels held under subsidiary title:
subsidiary title
“subsidiary title” means title issued under this Act to any of the individual parcels within a building which has been subdivided pursuant to the provisions of the repealed Chapter 4 of Part Nine (which Chapter nonetheless, by virtue of, and subject to, subsection 82(2) of the Strata Titles Act 1985, continues to apply to the matters mentioned, and to the extent provided, in that subsection), and includes a strata title as defined in section 4 of that Act;
Provided that in the case of a title in continuation of any land covering more than one surveyed lot the Registrar shall register and issue a new title in respect of each surveyed lot.”;
lot
“lot” means any surveyed piece of land to which a lot number has been assigned by the Director of Survey and Mapping;
in subsection (2), delete the words “or Land
Administrator, as the case may be” and “or
Land Administrator”.
Land Administrator
“Land Administrator” means a Land Administrator appointed under section 12, and includes an Assistant Land Administrator appointed thereunder; and, in relation to any land, references to the Land Administrator, or any Assistant Land Administrator, having jurisdiction in the district or subdistrict in which the land is situated;
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