71. Issue of permits

Terms defined in s 5

• alienated land

  alienated land

  Defined · s 5

  “alienated land” means any land (including any parcel of a subdivided building) in respect of which a registered title for the time being subsists, whether final or qualified, whether in perpetuity or for a term of years, and whether granted by the State Authority under this Act or in the exercise of powers conferred by any previous land law, but does not include mining land;

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• Gazette

  Gazette

  Defined · s 5

  “Gazette” means the Gazette of the State;

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 5

  “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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• Land Administrator

  Land Administrator

  Defined · s 5

  “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;

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• lease

  lease

  Defined · s 5

  “lease” means a registered lease or sublease of alienated land;

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• mining land

  mining land

  Defined · s 5

  “mining land” means any land in respect of which a mining lease or certificate granted or issued under any written law relating to mining is for the time being in force;

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• proprietor

  proprietor

  Defined · s 5

  “proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;

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• reserved land

  reserved land

  Defined · s 5

  “reserved land” means land for the time being reserved for a public purpose in accordance with section 62 or any previous land law;

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• river

  river

  Defined · s 5

  “river” means any river, stream, creek or other natural watercourse, and any tributary, distributary or artificial deviation thereof;

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• rock material

  rock material

  Defined · s 5

  “rock material” means any rock, stone, gravel, common sand, common earth, common laterite, loam, common clay, soil, mud, turf, peat, coral, shell, and any other rock materials within or upon any land, and includes processed materials therefrom, other than minerals defined under any written law relating to mining which is for the time being in force;

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• State

  State

  Defined · s 5

  “State” means any State to which this Act applies;

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• State Authority

  State Authority

  Defined · s 5

  “State Authority” means the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State, as the case may be;

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• State land

  State land

  Defined · s 5

  “State land” means all land in the State (including so much of the bed of any river, and of the foreshore and bed of the sea, as is within the territories of the State or the limits of territorial waters) other than— (a) alienated land; (b) reserved land; (c) mining land; (d) any land which, under the provisions of any law relating to forests (whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act), is for the time being reserved forest;

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