Malaysia legislation
Section 22
Section 22
Enforcement of judgment on claim or dispute over land held under native customary rights
⎯(1) Where a Native Court has pronounced judgment relating to a dispute or claim to land held under native customary rights and such land has been confirmed by a Superintendent of Lands and Surveys in evidence before the Native Court or otherwise in writing to have been subject to native customary land or such rights have been created over Interior Area Land pursuant to a permit issued under section 8(3) of the former Land (Classification) Ordinance,
1948 [Ord. No. 19/1948] or section 10(3) of the Land Code [Cap.
(1958 Ed.)], and there has been no appeal against the judgment of the
Native Court, a copy of the judgment shall be served by the party who obtained the judgment on the Director of Lands and Surveys.
(2)
If the Director is aggrieved by the judgment or wishes to raise any objection against the judgment, he shall cause a Notice of
Objection to be filed with the Native Court whose judgment is served upon him and to all other parties affected thereby giving his grounds of objection.
Ord. No. 9/92
(3)
The Native Court shall fix a date to hear the objection made by the Director and thereupon, affirm or vary the said judgment.
[Sub. Cap. A118.]
Contempt of Native Court