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Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 s 58

Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 s 58

s 58 Vesting of forfeited property in the Federal Government

(1) Where any property is forfeited under this Act, the property shall vest in the Government free from any right, interest or encumbrance of any person except a right, interest or encumbrance which is held by a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and which is not otherwise null and void under any provision of this Act. (2) Where any person who holds any encumbrance to which the property is subject claims that he holds the encumbrance as a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and that the encumbrance is not otherwise null and void under any provision of this Act, and the Federal Government disputes such claim, the Public Prosecutor may apply to the Sessions Court to determine the question and the court shall determine the question after giving an opportunity to be heard to the person holding the encumbrance and hearing the reply of the Public Prosecutor to any representations which may be made before that court by the person holding the encumbrance. (3) Where any property is vested in the Federal Government under subsection (1), the vesting shall take effect without any transfer, conveyance, deed or other instrument and where any registration of such vesting is required under any law, the authority empowered to effect the registration shall do so in the name of such public officer, authority, person or body as the Public Prosecutor may specify. (4) Where the property vested in the Federal Government under subsection (1) is immovable property, the vesting shall upon production to the Registrar of Titles or the Land Administrator, in Peninsular Malaysia, or to the Registrar of Titles or the Collector of Land Revenue, in Sabah or the Registrar of Titles or the Director of Lands and Surveys, as the case may be, in Sarawak of the order of the court forfeiting the immovable property, or in the case of property forfeited under subsection 55(1), a certificate of the Public Prosecutor certifying that it has been forfeited, be registered in the name of the Federal Lands Commissioner.

Malay text (authoritative)

Peletakhakan harta yang dilucuthakkan pada Kerajaan Persekutuan

(1) Jika apa-apa harta dilucuthakkan di bawah Akta ini, harta itu hendaklah terletak hak pada Kerajaan Persekutuan bebas daripada apa-apa hak, kepentingan atau bebanan mana-mana orang kecuali hak, kepentingan atau bebanan yang dipegang oleh seorang pembeli suci hati dengan balasan berharga dan yang tidak selainnya batal dan tidak sah di bawah mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini. (2) Jika mana-mana orang memegang apa-apa bebanan yang kepadanya harta itu tertakluk menuntut bahawa dia memegang bebanan itu sebagai pembeli suci hati dengan balasan berharga dan bahawa bebanan itu tidak selainnya batal dan tidak sah di bawah mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini, dan Kerajaan Persekutuan mempertikaikan tuntutan itu, Pendakwa Raya boleh memohon kepada Mahkamah Sesyen supaya memutuskan persoalan itu dan mahkamah boleh memutuskan persoalan itu setelah memberikan peluang untuk didengar kepada orang yang memegang bebanan itu dan mendengar jawapan daripada Pendakwa Raya tentang apa-apa representasi yang dibuat di hadapan mahkamah itu oleh orang yang memegang bebanan itu. (3) Jika mana-mana harta terletak hak pada Kerajaan Persekutuan di bawah subseksyen (1), peletakhakan itu hendaklah berkuat kuasa tanpa apa-apa pindah hakmilik, pindah hak, surat ikatan atau surat cara lain dan jika apa-apa pendaftaran peletakhakan itu dikehendaki di bawah mana-mana undang-undang, pihak berkuasa yang diberi kuasa untuk melaksanakan pendaftaran itu hendaklah berbuat demikian atas nama mana-mana pegawai awam atau pihak berkuasa, orang atau badan yang ditentukan oleh Pendakwa Raya. (4) Jika harta yang terletak hak pada Kerajaan Persekutuan di bawah subseksyen (1) ialah harta tak alih, peletakhakan itu hendaklah, apabila dikemukakan kepada Pendaftar Hakmilik atau Pentadbir Tanah, di Semenanjung Malaysia, atau kepada Pendaftar Hakmilik atau Pemungut Hasil Tanah, di Sabah atau Pendaftar Hakmilik atau Pengarah Tanah dan Ukur, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, di Sarawak suatu perintah mahkamah melucuthakkan harta tak alih itu, atau dalam hal harta yang dilucuthakkan di bawah subseksyen 55(1), suatu perakuan Pendakwa Raya mengesahkan bahawa harta itu telah dilucuthakkan, hendaklah didaftarkan atas nama Pesuruhjaya Tanah Persekutuan.

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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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