Right of entry
The Land Administrator, any Government Surveyor, any Settlement Officer, and any officer or person authorized under section 5 shall have the right at all reasonable times to enter upon any land for any of the purposes of this Act.
Application for police assistance
(1) If the Land Administrator is opposed or impeded in taking possession under this Act of any land he may apply to the Chief Police Officer for assistance in taking such possession; and the Chief Police Officer shall thereupon take such steps as he may consider necessary to enforce the surrender of such land to the Land Administrator. (2) For the purpose of this section, “Chief Police Officer” includes a Commanding Officer appointed under the Police Act 1967 [Act 344].
Penalty for obstruction, etc.
Whoever— (a) wilfully obstructs the service of any notice or other document under subsection 53(1); (b) wilfully obstructs any officer or person referred to in section 62 or 63 in doing any of the acts authorized or required by any provision of this Act; or (c) wilfully fills up, destroys, damages or displaces any trench or mark made or put on any land under any provision of this Act, shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit, or to both.
Payment of costs, etc., of acquisition, etc.
Subject to section 50, the costs and charges incurred by the Land Administrator in acquiring any land or the use or occupation of any land under this Act shall be defrayed by the Government of the State or, where such land is acquired, used or occupied on behalf of any person or corporation pursuant to section 3, by such person or corporation.
Land to vest free from incumbrances
Upon the making of a memorial under section 23 in respect of any scheduled land, the land shall vest in the State Authority as State land or, in the case of a parcel of a subdivided building, in the person or corporation on whose behalf the parcel was acquired, free from incumbrances.
Exemption from stamp duty and fee
No award or agreement made under this Act shall be chargeable with stamp duty, and no person claiming under any such award or agreement shall be liable to pay any fee for a copy thereof.
Bar to setting aside of awards
No suit shall be brought to set aside an award or apportionment under this Act. Subsequent disposal, etc., of acquired land not to invalidate acquisition 68 A. Where any land has been acquired under this Act, whether before or after the commencement of this section, no subsequent disposal or use of, or dealing with, the land, whether by the State Authority or by the Government, person or corporation on whose behalf the land was acquired, shall invalidate the acquisition of the land.
Rules
The Minister may, with the approval of the National Land Council, make rules generally for carrying out the provisions of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of such power, may— (a) provide for the guidance of officers in all matters connected with this Act; (b) add to, amend or revoke all or any of the Forms in the Second Schedule; (c) provide for the return to their owners of documents of historic or other interest, pursuant to subsection 27(3); (d) prescribe the application form, any fee or deposit to be imposed in respect of the application for acquisition of land under paragraph 3(1)(b) or (c).
(Omitted).
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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).