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Limitation Act 1953 s 17

Limitation Act 1953 s 17

s 17 No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual claim

For the purposes of this Act, no person shall be deemed to have been in possession of any land by reason only of having made a formal entry thereon, and no continual or other claim upon or near any land shall preserve any right of action to recover the land.

Malay text (authoritative)

Tiada apa-apa hak tindakan boleh dikekalkan dengan kemasukan formal atau tuntutan berterusan

Bagi maksud Akta ini, tiada seorang pun boleh disifatkan sebagai memiliki mana-mana tanah hanya oleh sebab dia telah memasuki tanah itu secara formal, dan tiada apa-apa tuntutan berterusan atau tuntutan lain terhadap atau hampir dengan mana-mana tanah boleh mengekalkan apa-apa hak tindakan untuk mendapat kembali tanah itu.

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Find Act 254 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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).

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