National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Powers of the States and of State Officers
17. Power to require removal, etc., of trees
Feedback & supportThe Land Administrator may require the proprietor of any alienated land, or the lessee for the time being of any reserved land leased by the State Authority under section 63 or the provisions of any previous land law, upon payment of such compensation as may be agreed or determined in accordance with section 434, to trim, fell or remove any tree upon the land:
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;
Provided that no compensation shall be paid in the case of any tree standing within twenty-two metres of the centre line of any road maintained by the Federal Government, the State
Government or any public authority unless it is proved that the tree was in existence prior to the construction of the road:
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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;
Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Subsection 16(3)
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
delete the words “or any Land Administrator”;
substitute for the words “12(1)” the words
“12(1b)”.
Provided further that where the proprietor or lessee fails to trim, fell or remove any tree as required by the Land Administrator, the Land Administrator may himself cause the tree to be trimmed, felled or removed, and the cost of carrying out such work shall be recoverable from the proprietor or lessee as a debt due to the
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;
State Authority.