s 29 Payment of compensation or deposit in Court
(1) After a notice of award in Form H has been served in the manner prescribed by section 53 upon all interested persons the Land Administrator shall, as soon as may be, make payment of each amount awarded to the person entitled thereto unless— (a) there shall be no person competent to receive such payment; (b) the person entitled thereto does not consent to receive the amount awarded; or (c) there is a dispute as to the right or title of the person to receive the compensation, or as to the apportionment thereof. (2) In the cases referred to in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) the Land Administrator shall apply ex parte to the Registrar of the Court in chambers, supported by affidavit, for an order to deposit the amount awarded into Court and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the law for the time being in force relating to civil procedure, the Registrar shall have power to make such order. Withholding of twenty-five per cent of compensation 29A . (1) Where the total amount of any award in respect of any scheduled land exceeds fifteen thousand ringgit, then, notwithstanding section 29, the Land Administrator shall, subject to subsection (2), make payment of only seventy-five per cent of the amount of the award, and shall withhold twenty-five per cent thereof until the amount of compensation is finally determined either by the Court under section 47 or, if there is an appeal or further appeal pursuant to section 49, on the appeal or further appeal, under the following circumstances— (a) before the expiry of six weeks from the date of service of Form H on the Government, person or corporation on whose behalf such land was acquired; or (b) if before the expiry of the said period such Government, person or corporation has made an objection under section 37 to the amount of compensation or any other objection which may affect such amount. (2) If within the period specified in paragraph (1)(a) no such objection as is referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection is made, then, as soon as may be after the expiry of that period, the Land Administrator shall make to the person entitled thereto payment of the amount withheld under paragraph (a) of that subsection. (3) If such final determination results in a reduction of the amount of compensation, the amount withheld or so much thereof as equals the amount of the reduction, as the case may be, shall become free of all claims in respect of the compensation, and the remainder, if any, shall, as soon as may be, be paid to the person entitled thereto. (4) If such final determination does not result in a reduction of the amount of compensation, the amount withheld shall, as soon as may be, be paid to the person entitled thereto. (5) The Land Administrator shall pay on every amount paid under subsection (3) or (4) late payment charges at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the time of payment of seventy-five per cent of the amount of the award until the time of payment of the first-mentioned amount.