National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 3 · Final title in continuation of final title
174. Cancellation, etc., of subsisting documents of title
Feedback & supportOn the registration of any register document of title under this Chapter—
register document of title
“register document of title” means any document registered, or prepared for registration, under this Act and evidencing or, as the case may be, intended to evidence title to land, and any document evidencing title to land registered before the commencement of this Act under the provisions of any previous land law;
there shall be endorsed across the face of the subsisting register document or documents a statement to the effect that the title or titles in question have been continued in the first-mentioned document (specifying the serial number thereof); and
the subsisting issue document or documents shall, if they have been delivered up, be destroyed.
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Subsection 174(3)
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, substitute for the words “the Land Administrator shall, where appropriate, transmit to the Registrar, for destruction under this section,” the words “the
Registrar shall destroy”.
Section 175
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, delete the words “or Land Administrator” wherever they appear.
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On the making of any endorsement under paragraph (1)(a), the subsisting register document or documents, and any subsisting issue document which has not been destroyed pursuant to paragraph (b)
of that subsection, shall be deemed to have been cancelled; and no entry shall thereafter be made thereon.
entry
“entry”, in relation to any document of title, includes any endorsement, memorial, note or other entry thereon, and any plan attached thereto;
In cases of subdivision, partition and amalgamation, the
Land Administrator shall, where appropriate, transmit to the
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;
Registrar, for destruction under this section, any issue document delivered to him pursuant to a request under paragraph 171(1)(c)
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;
or, as the case may be, that paragraph as applied by section 172.
Issue of Duplicate Issue Document Only