Malaysia legislation

Section 381

of NATIONAL LAND CODE (REVISED - 2020)

Section 381

Cancellation of obsolete entries, and bringing of documents of title up to date

(1)

Where the Registrar is satisfied—

(a)

that any condition or restriction in interest contained in any document of title has become obsolete; or 361

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(b)

that any memorial or entry on any document of title or other instrument relating to land relates to a matter which has ceased to be effective, he may delete the said condition or restriction or, as the case may be, cancel the said memorial or entry:

Provided that the power conferred by paragraph (b) is a residual power only, and, where the circumstances in which any particular memorial or other entry may be cancelled are specified in any other provision of this Act, shall not be exercisable in respect of that memorial or entry.

(2)

The Registrar may, if he considers it necessary or desirable to do so—

(a)

copy onto the issue document of title to any land any memorial or other entry required by this Act or any previous land law to be made on the register document of title only, or on that document and some instrument other than the issue document;

(b)

copy onto the register and issue documents of title to any land, or either of them, any memorial of registration made pursuant to any previous land law on any other instrument relating thereto.

Power of Registrar or Land Administrator to standardize express conditions and restrictions in interest 381a.  (1)  The Registrar or the Land Administrator, as the case may be, may from time to time, of his own accord, for the purpose of uniformity, standardize the format of the express conditions and restrictions in interest of any alienated land on the register and issue documents of title.

(2)

Any standardization made under subsection (1) shall not affect the rights of the proprietor.

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Provisions of the

National Land Code

Modification

Section 381a

In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—

(1)

in the shoulder note, delete the words “or Land

Administrator”;

(2)

in subsection (1), delete the words “or the Land

Administrator, as the case may be,”;

(3)

in subsection (3), delete the words “or Land

Administrator, as the case may be,”;

(4)

in subsection (4), delete the words “or the Land

Administrator, as the case may be”.

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(3)

The Registrar or Land Administrator, as the case may be, shall serve a notice in Form 2b on the proprietor or any chargee, lienholder or any other person or body whom he may have reason to believe to be in possession or control of the issue document of title, to produce the issue document of title to the land in question.

(4)

Every standardization made under this section shall be signed and sealed by the Registrar or the Land Administrator, as the case may be.

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