National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 4 · Conversion of qualified title into final title
197. Applications for approval of surrender of whole
Feedback & supportAny application for approval by a proprietor wishing to surrender the whole of the land comprised in his title shall be made in writing to the Land Administrator in Form 12a, and shall be accompanied by—
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;
such fee as may be prescribed;
all such written consents to the making thereof as are required under paragraph 196(1)(c); and
unless the proprietor alleges that it is for any reason incapable of production, the issue document of title to the land.
Where the proprietor is unable to produce the issue document of title because it is in the hands of any person or body as chargee or lienholder, the application shall be accompanied instead by a copy of a request by the proprietor, served on that person or body under subsection 244(2) or, as the case may be, subsection 281(4), for the production of the document at the Land
issue document of title
“issue document of title” means any document prepared for issue to the proprietor of any land (whether under this Act or under the provisions of any previous land law), being a copy of, or an extract from, the register document of title relating thereto;
Office within fourteen days of the date thereof.
Upon receipt of the application, the Land Administrator shall endorse, or cause to be endorsed, a note thereof on the register document of title to 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;
Where the application relates to estate land—
estate land
“estate land” has the meaning assigned to it by subsections 214a(11) and (12);
the Land Administrator shall refer it to the Estate Land Board established under section 214a for its recommendations;
and
the Secretary of the Estate Land Board shall convey its recommendations as expeditiously as possible to the
Land Administrator.
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Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Section 197
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
in subsection (2), substitute for the words “Land
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;
Office” the word “Registry”;
delete subsection (4).