Land (Group Settlement Areas) Act, 1960 (No. 530) Country/Territory Malaysia Document type Legislation Date 1960 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act for the purpose of ensuring uniformity of law and policy in respect of the establishment of group settlement areas and the conditions of alienation and occupation of land in such areas and for other matters incidental thereto. Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Subdivision of land Agricultural land Urban land Land tenure Ownership Right of use Transfer Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes The Act came into force on 30 May 1960. Abstract The present Act, which consists of nine Parts and two schedules, provides for the setting up of group settlement areas by the State Authority and lays down related conditions of alienation and occupation. As per section 4, the State Authority may declare any area of State land to be a group settlement for the purposes of this Act. Within such areas, rural and urban settlement areas shall be created. On the other hand, whenever a land in a group settlement area is needed for any public purpose, such land shall be reserved as per section 8. Part III of the Act gives particular regard to rural holdings. The latter may be alienated only to one individual person qualified in accordance with section 19 and no joint ownership of a rural holding shall at any time be permitted (section 14). Further restrictions are set forth under section 15: (1) no land falling within a rural holding may at any time be subdivided; (2) no land comprised in a rural holding may be held by way of undivided shares; (3) no rural holding may be leased or sublet neither in whole nor in part. Section 18 regulates rights of access to rural holdings. Part IV of the Act is devoted to the occupation of rural holdings. Part V deals with urban holdings. In case of unlawful occupation of land, the penalty established by section 30 shall be applied. Full text English References - Legislation Amended by Land (Group Settlement Areas) Amendment Act 2002, (A1176) Legislation | Malaysia | 2002 Keyword: Agricultural land, Urban land, Land tenure, Ownership, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX