LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS (PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950

LAWS OF MALAYSIA ONLINE VERSION OF UPDATED TEXT OF REPRINT Act 233 LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS (PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950 As at 1 December 2012 2 LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS (PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950 First enacted … … … … … … 1950 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1950) Revised … … … … … … 1980 (Act 233 w.e.f. 15 July 1980) PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint … … … 2001 Second Reprint … … … 2006 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 233 LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS (PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950 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 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 233 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 No. 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ *NOTE—Application to Federal Territory of Labuan with modification −see P.U. (A) 457/2009 with effect from 1 January 2010. 6 Laws of Malaysia ACT 233 (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. 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. Land and Mining Plans and Documents (Photographic Copies) 7 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 admissible 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. ______________________ 8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 233 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 1356 The Mining Enactment Perlis Enactment No. 1 of 1340 The Mining Enactment 1340 M.U. Ordinance No. 8 of 1948 The Railway Ordinance 1948 ______________________ 9 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 233 LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS (PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short Title In force from L.N. 332/1958 Federal Constitution (Modification of Laws) (Ordinances and Proclamations) Order 1958 13-11-1958 L.N. 477/1965 National Land Code (Repeals and Amendments) Order 1965 23-12-1965 P.U. 297/1966 National Land Code (Repeals and Amendments) Order 1966 01-01-1966 P.U. (B) 324/1970 Titles of Office Ordinance 1949 01-01-1971 P.U.(A) 457/2009 Federal Territory of Labuan (Extension And Modification of Land and Mining Plans and Documents (Photographic Copies) Act Order 2009 01-01-2010 _____________ 10 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 233 LAND AND MINING PLANS AND DOCUMENTS (PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES) ACT 1950 LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority In force from 2 L.N. 477/1965 P.U. 297/1966 23-12-1965 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 _____________