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Laws
Land Code
s 16

In force1984 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1984 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)

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Land Code

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1(1) This Act may be cited as the Land Code.
2His Majesty the Sultan and Y~ng Di-Pertuan in
3His Majesty in Council may alienate Government land for such interest and in such manner as is authorised by this Code.
4All forest, waste, unoccupied or uncultivated land shall be presumed, subject to the establishment of any claim thereto registered in accor...
5Classification of land
6(1) Any title to land issued by the authority of the Government of Brunei prior to the date of the Land Code 1907, the validity of which sh...
7The officer in charge of the Land Office shall keep a Register of all land alienated under the provisions of this Code in the Form A in the...
8All land shall be held by entry in the Register kept by the officer in charge of the Land Office in pursuance of this Code and the document...
9
10Any compensation to which any person may be enti-Compensa- tled under this Code shall be assessed by the officer in ~~~;~~w charge of the L...
11An extract may be issued either after survey or after demarcation of boundaries. No extract shall be issued with-out survey where the land...
12A belt of land 50 yards wide is reserved to the Gov-Reservation ernment along the banks of all navigable rivers, streams and ~~o~~e~~~!:c....
13Applications for rand shall be in writing addressed to Applications the officer in charge of the Land Office and shall be accom- ~~~~nd, ho...
14Premium, when charged, shall be such as His Majesty Premium in Council may from time to time either generally or special-ly direct. 8 Rent...
15Land Code
16Repealed
17The rent payable in respect of any land shall be a first charge on the land and shall be due and payable at the Land Office on the 1st day...
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19The registered owner of any land shall be responsible Maintenance for the maintenance of all boundary marks and lines of the ~~~~ndary land.
20Any Land Officer, surveyor or demarcator may at any reasonable time enter upon any land for the purpose of fixing any mark or taking any me...
21If the owner of any land comprised in any entry in the Partitioning land
22In case the Government shall under the provisions of subsection (4) of section 9 resume any land the original extract shall be cancelled an...
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26Any person claiming any land, charge or lease by virtue of any form of succession or under any order of a Court or act of law relating ther...
27No claim to or interest in any land shall be valid unless it has been registered in the Land Office.
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29Any person claiming that he is entitled to be reg-istered in respect of any land may apply to the High Court for an order that any Register...
30Township
31(1) It shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council from time to time to make and publish rules not inconsistent with the general purposes of...
32(1) Any person who, without lawful authority
33His Majesty may from time to time appoint and when appointed remove such and so many Land Officers, Settle-ment Officers, surveyors, forest...
34(1) No action shall be brought against any person for Protection of h. d b fid. d d b d. h officers anyt mg one or ona e tnten e to e one...
1These Rules may be cited as the Land Code (Form of Memoran-dum of Charge) Rules. 19 [Subsidiary] S.l20/57 2. In addition to, and not in sub...

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Land Code · 1984 Revised Edition

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