Section 197
Applications for approval of surrender of whole
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Any 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—
(a)
such fee as may be prescribed;
(b)
all such written consents to the making thereof as are required under paragraph 196(1)(c); and
(c)
unless the proprietor alleges that it is for any reason incapable of production, the issue document of title to the land.
(2)
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
Office within fourteen days of the date thereof.
(3)
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.
(4)
Where the application relates to estate land—
(a)
the Land Administrator shall refer it to the Estate Land Board established under section 214a for its recommendations;
and
(b)
the Secretary of the Estate Land Board shall convey its recommendations as expeditiously as possible to the
Land Administrator.
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Act 828
National Land Code 341
Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Section 197
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
(1)
in subsection (2), substitute for the words “Land
Office” the word “Registry”;
(2)
delete subsection (4).