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Kelantan Land Settlement Act, 1955 (No. 460)

Country/Territory
Malaysia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1955 (1991)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for revision of registers, recording of interests in land, settlement of claims, determination of owners, possessory title to land, and issue of documents of title to land, in areas from time to time declared in the State of Kelantan.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Ownership Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
The original version entered into force on 1 December 1955. The revised version came into force on 6 July 1991.
Abstract

This Act contains rules relating to revision of registers of lands. In accordance with section 3, the Ruler in Council is entitled to declare any area falling within the State of Kelantan to be a Settlement Area. Such declaration shall be notified in the Gazette. Persons interested may appear to submit their claims: section 4 regulates in particular recording of claims; section 16 concerns appeals to the District Officer and, as the case may be, to the High Court. The Act consists of 17 sections.

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