National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Deposited plans
420. Registration of vesting orders
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding anything in any other written law, no order of the Court vesting any alienated land, or any share or interest therein, in any person or body shall affect the land, share or interest in question until it has been registered pursuant to this section.
The Court shall, accordingly, cause a copy of any such order to be served on the Registrar or, as the case may be, Land
Registrar
“Registrar” means— (a) in relation to land held or to be held under Registry title, or under the form of qualified title corresponding to Registry title, or under subsidiary title dependent on a Registry title, a Registrar of Titles or Deputy Registrar of Titles appointed under section 12; (b) in relation to land held or to be held under Land Office title, or under the form of qualified title corresponding thereto, or under subsidiary title dependent on a Land Office title, the Land Administrator;
Administrator forthwith after the making thereof; and the Registrar or Land Administrator, upon receiving any such copy, shall give effect to the order by making a memorial of the vesting on the register document of title to the land to which, or a share or interest in which, the order relates.
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;
The Registrar or Land Administrator shall sign and seal every memorial made by him pursuant to this section, and, if able to secure the production of the instrument in question, shall make a copy of the memorial on the issue document of title to the said land or, where the order relates to a lease or a charge, on the duplicate thereof.
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;
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National Land Code
Modification
Section 419
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
in the shoulder note, delete the words “and Land
Administrator”;
in subsection (1), delete the words “and, subject to subsection (3), any Land Administrator”;
delete subsection (3).
Section 420
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—
in subsection (2), delete the words “or, as the case may be, Land Administrator” and “or
Land Administrator,”;
delete the words “or Land Administrator”
wherever they appear.
Where the Registrar or Land Administrator takes action under this section in respect of any land or any share or interest therein, he shall cause notice of his action to be served upon any person or body having a claim protected by caveat affecting the land, share or interest.
Taking of proceedings in name of proprietor, etc.
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;