193. Contents of documents of title

Terms defined in s 5

• document of title

  document of title

  Defined · s 5

  “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;

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 5

  “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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• Land Administrator

  Land Administrator

  Defined · s 5

  “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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• Land Office title

  Land Office title

  Defined · s 5

  “Land Office title” means title evidenced by a Mukim grant or Mukim lease, or by any document of title registered in a Land Office under the provisions of any previous land law;

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• proprietor

  proprietor

  Defined · s 5

  “proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;

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• register document of title

  register document of title

  Defined · s 5

  “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;

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• registered

  registered

  Defined · s 5

  “registered” means registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act or of any previous land law;

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• State Authority

  State Authority

  Defined · s 5

  “State Authority” means the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State, as the case may be;

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• State Director

  State Director

  Defined · s 5

  “State Director” means the State Director of Lands and Mines for the State appointed under section 12, and includes a Deputy Director of Lands and Mines appointed thereunder;

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