Malaysia legislation
Section 5
of Reconstitution Land Title Registers Completion Ordinance 1956
Section 5
(1)
On the thirty-first day of December; 1957, any land on the Mainland for which no title has been entered in any register including the Reconstituted Registers or which is not the subject of a pending application for entry in any such register shall revert and escheat to the
Crown.
(2)
Where any application, enquiry or appeal in respect of any application under the provisions of the principal Ordinance shall be pending the operation of subsection (1) shall be deferred until the completion of any such application, enquiry or appeal but unless upon the final order on such application, enquiry or appeal a title shall be issued to any person then subsection (1) shall, upon the completion of such proceedings, apply to any land which was subject to any such application, enquiry or appeal.
(3)
The Director of Lands and Surveys shall as soon as possible after the thirty-first day of December, 1957, and to the best of his ability prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of all titles affected by the operation of this section and shall enter in any relevant records in
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the Land Office the fact of such reversion and escheat and thereafter any rights of any person in such land, other than the Crown, shall cease.
Protection of persons acting in execution of duty.