National Land Code (Amendment) Act 2001 Country/Territory Malaysia Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to amend the National Land Code Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Urban land Land tenure Transfer Subdivision of land Right of use Institution Ownership Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes The Act came into force on 1 December 2001. Abstract The present Act lays down provisions to amend and supplement the National Land Code. First of all, section 2 provides for the amendment of the long title of the National Land Code: the words “Selangor and Trengganu”are hereby replaced by the words “Selangor, Terengganu and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur”. The same amendment is laid down to the Preamble. Further linguistic amendments concern the names of official authorities and institutions (section 4). Moreover, the Act lays down amendments dealing with the application related to estate lands. New Sections 183A, 184A, 185A are added, relating to the power of Registrar or Land Administrator in matter of issuance of final title upon subdivision, partition and amalgamation. Further, the First Schedule is amended. Full text English References - Legislation Amends National Land Code (Act No. 56 of 1965). Legislation | Malaysia | 1965 (2020) Keyword: Basic legislation, Land tenure, Servitude, Transfer, Public land, Subdivision of land, Right of use, Expropriation, Lease, Common property, Inheritance, Foreign land tenure, Prescription/adverse possession, Survey/mapping, Cadastre/land registration, Access-to-information, Agricultural land, Urban land, Institution, Classification/declassification, Ownership, Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Federal Territory of Putrajaya (Modification of National Land Code) (Amendment) Order 2002. Legislation | Malaysia | 2002 Keyword: Land tenure, Right of use, Lease, Agricultural land, Urban land, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX