National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Trusts
400. Notice to secure attendance for purpose of pointing out boundaries, etc.
Feedback & supportA Survey Officer may cause a notice in Form 29a to be served on any person owning, occupying, applying for or otherwise interested in, or employed on or in connection with, any land which the officer is required to survey (or any land abutting thereon) calling upon that person to attend before him, at a time and place to be stated in the notice, for the purpose of—
Survey Officer
“Survey Officer” means the Director of Survey and Mapping or any Survey Officer appointed under section 12;
pointing out the boundaries of the land; or
rendering aid in emplacing or repairing boundary marks;
or
affording other information or assistance for the purpose of the survey.
A Survey Officer who reasonably believes that any person—
can give any information respecting the boundaries of any land which the officer is required to survey; or
has in his custody or under his control any document relating to the boundaries of the land, may cause to be served on that person a notice in Form 29b calling upon him to attend before the officer at a time and place to be stated in the notice for the purpose of giving the information or producing the document, as the case may be.
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement of a notice served on him under subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
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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;
Unauthorized survey 400a. Any person who, not being a Survey Officer or licensed land surveyor, carries out a survey or undertakes to carry out a survey of any land in the State for the purposes of this Act, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
licensed land surveyor
“licensed land surveyor” means a surveyor licensed to practise under the Licensed Land Surveyors Act 1958;