National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Deposited plans
429. Miscellaneous penalties
Feedback & supportAny person contravening the provisions of—
section 19 (which prohibits officers appointed under this
Act from divulging matters coming to their knowledge in the performance of their duties), or
section 20 (which relates to the purchase of land by officers so appointed), or
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;
subsection 375(2) (which prohibits the removal of registers of title, etc., from Registries and Land Offices), or
subsection 379(1) (which relates to notifying the Registrar of a change of address), commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
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;
Institution of prosecution 429a. No prosecution for or in relation to any offence under this
Act shall be instituted except by or with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor.
Compounding of offences 429b. (1) The State Director or Land Administrator may, with the written consent of the Public Prosecutor, make a written offer to the person suspected of having committed an offence, which is prescribed to be compoundable, to compound the offence upon payment to the State Director or Land Administrator such amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in the offer.
State Director
“State Director” means the State Director of Lands and Mines for the State appointed under section 12, and includes a Deputy Director of Lands and Mines appointed thereunder;
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An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or within such extended time as the State Director or Land Administrator may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time thereafter against the person to whom the offer was made.
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 an offence has been compounded under subsection (1)—
no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence against the person whom the offer to compound was made; and
any book, record, apparatus, equipment, instrument, material, article or any other thing seized in connection with the offence, may be forfeited, destroyed or returned to that person, as the State Director or Land Administrator deems fit after taking into consideration the nature of the offence and subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed.
Part Thirty-Three—SERVICE AND PUBLICATION OF NOTICES