Specific Relief Act 1950 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Chapter I
8. Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property
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Anyone removed from immovable property without consent and not by lawful process may sue to regain it. Other title claims in the suit do not prevent recovery. Anyone may still sue to prove title and recover possession. No such suit may be brought against any government in Malaysia. Orders and decrees in such suits cannot be appealed or reviewed.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
If any person is dispossessed without his consent of immovable property otherwise than in due course of law, he or any person claiming through him may, by suit, recover possession thereof, notwithstanding any other title that may be set up in the suit.
Nothing in this section shall bar any person from suing to establish his title to any such property and to recover possession thereof.
No suit under this section shall be brought against any
Government in Malaysia.
No appeal shall lie from any order or decree passed in any suit instituted under this section, nor shall any review of any such order or decree be allowed.
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