Section 1
This Ordinance may be cited as the Services’ Lands Board Ordinance, 1963.
Incorporation of the Board.
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Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963
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Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 is Malaysia State Ordinance, cited as State Ordinance 1963 1963, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1963.
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I assent,
W. A. C. GOODE,
Governor.
3RD APRIL, 1963.
No. 6 of 1963
Opening note
Preamble
- An Ordinance to establish and incorporate a Services’ Lands Board empowered to acquire, hold and dispose of land and interest in land and to make provision for matters related thereto. Date of commencement. [3rd April, 1963] ENACTED by the Legislature of North Borneo as follows:- Short title.
Section 2
(1)
There shall be constituted a body corporate under the name of “the Services’
Lands Board” (hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as “the Board”).
(2)
The Board may sue and be sued in its name and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal and the said seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the Board seems fit.
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Constitution of the Board.
Section 3
(1)
The Board shall consist of not less than six nor more than nine members being persons appointed thereto from time to time by one or other of Her Britannic
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State.
(2)
Any member of the Board may at any time be removed therefrom by one or other of Her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State.
(3)
The Board may at all times exercise its powers and carry out its duties under this Ordinance notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership of the Board or any defect in the appointment of any member thereof.
(4)
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Board may regulate its own procedure.
Notification of appointment in the Gazette.
Section 4
The notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person as a member of the Board shall be conclusive evidence that such a person was duly appointed thereto.
Powers of the Board.
Section 5
The Board may enter into contracts and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and may sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the Board upon such terms as to the Board seem fit.
Execution of documents.
Section 6
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Board shall be sealed with the seal of the Board in the presence of any two members of the Board who shall sign every such deed, document or other instrument to which the corporate seal is affixed and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that the said seal was duly and properly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the Board.
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General power to acquire land.
Section 7
(1)
Where any immovable property is needed for the purposes of the Board, and cannot be acquired by agreement, the Governor may direct the acquisition of such property and in such case such property may be acquired in accordance with the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to the acquisition of land for a public purpose and any declaration required by such written law that such land is so needed may be made notwithstanding that any compensation to be awarded for such property is to be paid by the Board, and such declaration shall have effect as if it were a declaration that land is needed for a public purpose made in accordance with such written law.
(2)
All expenses incurred and compensation awarded in respect of the acquisition of any immovable property under this section shall be paid by the Board.
(3)
Where any immovable property has been acquired under this section, such property shall be conveyed or assigned to the Board.
Passed this 13th day of March, 1963.
F. C. NEUBRONNER,
Clerk of Legislative Council.
THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the Legislative Council and found by me to be a true and correct copy of the said Bill.
F. C. NEUBRONNER,
Clerk of Legislative Council.
Common questions
- What is Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963?
- Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 is Malaysia State Ordinance, cited as State Ordinance 1963 1963, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1963.
- Is Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 still in force?
- Yes — Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 is currently in force.
- When did Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 take effect?
- Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 was first recorded in 1963.
- How many sections does Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 have?
- Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 contains 7 sections.
- Where can I read the official version of Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963?
- The official text of Services Lands Board Ordinance 1963 is published at sagc.sabah.gov.my.
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