Short title and application
(1) This Act may be cited as the Land Conservation Act 1960. *(2) This Act shall not come into operation in any State until it has been adopted by a law made by the Legislature of that State pursuant to Clause (3) of Article 76 of the Constitution.
Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “hill land” means any land declared to be hill land in accordance with section 3; “Land Administrator” has the same meaning assigned thereto in the National Land Code [Act 56 of 1965]; “owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of land in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or as receiver, or who would receive the rent if the land were let to a tenant, but does not include the Government of Malaysia or the Government of any State in Malaysia; “occupier” means the person in occupation of land in connection with which the word is used, or having the charge, management or control thereof, either on his own account or as agent of another person, and includes a lessee of land, a person occupying land consequent upon an approved application, an approved occupant in the State of Johore, and any person occupying land under section 9 of the *Lands Ordinance of the Straits Settlements [S.S. Cap. 113]; “Registrar” has the same meaning assigned thereto in the National Land Code; “short-term crops” means any crops which normally complete their life cycle within two years after planting, and includes pineapples, bananas and derris. (2) Nothing in this Act contained— (a) refers to land held under mining lease or other mining title; (b) shall in any manner whatsoever affect the rights of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or of the Government or of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri or of the Government of any State. *NOTE—Adoption of this Act by States under subsection 1(2)–see Appendix.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated. Read the official text ↗
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).