Section 7
Acquisition of land for purposes of the University
of University of Malaya Act 1961
When any immovable property, not being State land or reserved land or land vested in a State or in the Federation or occupied or used by the Federation or a public authority for
Federal purposes, is needed for the purposes of the University and cannot be acquired by agreement, such property may be acquired in accordance with any written law relating to the acquisition of land for a public purpose for the time being in force in the State in which such property is situate, and any declaration required
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under any such written law that such land is so needed may be made notwithstanding that compensation is to be paid out of the funds of the University, and such declaration shall have effect as if it were a declaration that such land is needed for a public purpose made in accordance with such written law.
(2)
Expenses and compensation in respect of any immovable property acquired under subsection (1) shall be paid by the
University.
(3)
All immovable property acquired under this section shall vest in the University, and an entry to that effect in the appropriate register shall be made by the proper registering authority.