National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 3 · Final title in continuation of final title
170. Form and content of documents in continuation of title to land as a whole
Feedback & supportFor the purpose of the issue of title in continuation under this Chapter to any land as a whole—
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;
the register document of title to be prepared shall consist—
in the case of land held under Registry title, of a grant or State lease, according as the land is held in perpetuity or for a term of years;
in the case of land held under Land Office title, of a Mukim grant or Mukim lease, according as the land is held in perpetuity or for a term of years; and
in the case of any parcel of a building held under subsidiary title, of a document in Form 4 or 4a, as the case may be, in the First Schedule to the
Strata Titles Act 1985; and
the issue document of title to be prepared shall be in the form appropriate under this Act or the Strata Titles Act 1985, as the case may be, to the register document in question.
Every such document of title—
document of title
“document of title”, in relation to any alienated land, means both the register document of title and the issue document of title relating thereto, save that, in the case of land held under qualified title in respect of which no application for an issue document of title has been made by the proprietor, it means the register document of title only;
shall be prepared in the name of the person or body last registered as proprietor in the subsisting register document of title;
shall specify—
in the case of land held under Registry or Land
Office title, the date on which it was first alienated, the title number originally allotted thereto and (if different) the number of the subsisting register document; and 195
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Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Section 170
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
in paragraph (1)(a)—
at the end of subparagraph (i), insert the word “and”; and
delete subparagraph (ii);
in subsection (2)—
delete the words “or Land Office” in subparagraph (b)(i); and
delete the words “is a certificate” in paragraph (c).
in the case of any parcel of a building held under subsidiary title, the number of the subsisting register document; and
shall contain, except in so far as they relate to matters which have ceased to be effective, the like memorials, endorsements and other entries as are contained in the subsisting register document (but, where that document is a certificate of title issued under any previous land law, setting out in full any conditions and restrictions in interest therein referred to).
In the case where the title in continuation is a land with subdivided building, a note relating to particulars of the title thereby continued shall be endorsed on Forms 2 and 3 and the register document in Form 4 or 4a, as the case may be, in the
subdivided building
“subdivided building”, in relation to subdivision of any building under the Strata Titles Act 1985, includes subdivision of building or land;
First Schedule to the Strata Titles Act 1985.
Continuation of Title on Subdivision, Etc.