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Land and Mining Plans and Documents (Photographic Copies) Act 1950 (Revised 1980)

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Act 233

LAND AND MINING PLANS AND

DOCUMENTS

(PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT

1950

Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY

THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH

PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD

2006

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LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS

(PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES)

First enacted ... ... ... ... ... ... 1950 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1950)

Revised ... ... ... ... ... ... 1980 (Act 233 w.e.f. 15 July 1980)

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Short title and application

2. Interpretation

3. Photographically produced plans of, and copies of plans of, land to be sufficient compliance with law requiring plans or copies of plans to be drawn

4. Photographic plans and copies to be admissible in evidence

5. Power of Minister to amend Schedule SCHEDULE

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS

(PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950

An Act to provide for the validity of photographically produced plans and copies of plans and documents.

[23 May 1950]

Short title and application

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Land and Mining Plans and Documents (Photographic Copies) Act 1950.

(2) This Act shall apply only in Peninsular Malaysia. Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-- "document" means--

(a) a register document of title, an issue document of title or a lease, as defined in each case in the National Land Code [Act 56 of 1965];

(b) any licence, permit, notice, agreement or other document relating to land granted, issued or entered into by or on behalf of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of a State; or

(c) a mining lease or sub-lease, a provisional mining lease or a mining certificate granted or issued under any written law specified in the Schedule;

"Peninsular Malaysia" has the meaning assigned thereto by section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388], and includes the Federal Territory.

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Photographically produced plans of, and copies of plans of, land to be sufficient compliance with law requiring plans or copies of plans to be drawn

3. Where, under the provisions of any written law specified in the Schedule, a plan or copy of a plan of any land is required to be drawn on, contained in or attached to any document, or any copy of any document is required to be made or submitted to any person, it shall be sufficient for the purposes of any such written law to attach to such document a photographically produced plan or copy of a plan of such land or to make or submit a photographically produced copy of such document, as the case may be: Provided that--

(a) such photographically produced plan or copy of any plan or document is made by the Director General of Survey or by a person duly authorized in writing by him so to do; and

(b) such plan or copy is certified by the Director General of Survey or the person making the same to be a true and correct plan of such land or to be a true and accurate copy of the original plan or of the original document, as the case may be.

Photographic plan and copies to be admissible in evidence

4. Every photographically produced plan of any land or copy of a plan or of a document duly made and certified in accordance with section 3 and attached to any document or submitted to any person as required by, and for the purpose of, any written law relating to land or mining in Peninsular Malaysia shall be admis- sible in evidence without further proof in all courts in Peninsular Malaysia.

Power of Minister to amend Schedule

5. The Minister charged with responsibility for lands may from time to time by order published in the Gazette amend or add to the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE

[Section 3]

F.M.S. Cap. 147 The Mining Enactment

Johore Enactment No. 69 The Mining Enactment

Kedah Enactment No. 67 Enactment No. 67 (Mining)

Kelantan Enactment No. 10 of 1939 The Mining Enactment 1939 Trengganu Enactment No. 51 of The Mining Enactment 1356

Perlis Enactment No. 1 of 1340 The Mining Enactment 1340 M.U. Ordinance No. 8 of 1948 The Railway Ordinance 1948 8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 233

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LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law Short title In force from

L.N. 332/1958 Federal Constitution (Modification 13-11-1958 of Laws) (Ordinances and

Proclamations) Order 1958

L.N. 477/1965 National Land Code (Repeals 23-12-1965 and Amendments) Order 1965

P.U. 297/1966 National Land Code (Repeals 01-01-1966 and Amendments) Order 1966

P.U. (B) 324/1970 Titles of Office Ordinance 1949 01-01-1971 Land and Mining Plans and Documents

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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section Amending authority In force from

2 L.N. 477/1965 23-12-1965

P.U. 297/1966 01-01-1966

3 P.U. (B) 324/1970 01-01-1971

5 L.N. 332/1958 13-11-1958

Schedule L.N. 477/1965 23-12-1965

Throughout the Act P.U. (B) 324/1970 01-01-1971

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