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In force1984 Revised Edition
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Act

Land Acquisition Act

Acquiring land for public purposes

In plain English

Not legal advice

The Land Acquisition Act provides for the acquisition of land for public purposes. If the land officer is opposed or blocked when taking possession of land under the Act, the officer must apply to the police commissioner. The police commissioner must then enforce the surrender of the land to the land officer.

Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.

Part I

' Preliminary

Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged

s 1

This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition Act.

s 2In this Act unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context 195 )

16of 1955

S.99/59

Short title

Interpreta-tion

"company" means a company formed or reg-cap.

istered in Brunei under the Companies Act;

"Court" means the High Court;

"Land Officer" means the officer in charge of the

Land Office and includes any officer specially appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan to perform the functions of a Land

Officer under this Act;

"person interested" includes every person claim-ing an interest in compensation to be paid on account of the acquisition of land under this Act but does not include a tenant by the month or at will;

"register" and "document of title" have the same cap.

meaning as in the Land Code.

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Purposes for which land may be ac-quired

Land Acquisition

Part II

Acquisition

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Part III

Reference to Court and Procedure Thereon

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Part IV

Payment

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Part VI

Miscellaneous

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