Section 17
Power to require removal, etc., of trees
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
The 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:
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:
Act 828 61
National Land Code 91
Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Subsection 16(3)
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
delete the words “or any Land Administrator”;
(2)
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
State Authority.