This 2021 desk edition of the National Land Code looks at recent decisions, including case law from other jurisdictions, on the principles relevant to the National Land Code, and their relationship to the operation of the Code. In particular, references are made to cases in contract law, equity, trusts, property, and remedies, which are influential and relevant in the operation of land matters. This is especially so in cases applicable to the principles of statutory contract law and to local influences on equitable principles. This title also considers the concept of indefeasibility in detail. Interests or rights in land which are outside the scope of the Code, including those dealt with in the contract, but which have relevance to land ownership. Recent legislative amendments, most notably the introduction of the National Land Code 2020 (Act 828), which came into force on 15 October 2020, are accompanied by explanatory commentary on the need for amendment, and their application. In an expansion of the 2019 addition, this new edition also includes annotations of the Sarawak Land Code and Sabah Land Ordinance.

Table of contents

CHAPTER I: Background to present-day land law in Peninsular Malaysia
 CHAPTER II: Torrens system in Peninsular Malaysia
 CHAPTER III: Land Contracts
 CHAPTER IV: Sections 1 to 5
 CHAPTER V: Sections 5A to 5C
 CHAPTER VI: Sections 6 to 39
 CHAPTER VII: Sections 40 to 61A
 CHAPTER VIII: Sections 62 to 75G
 CHAPTER IX: Sections 76 to 92
 CHAPTER X: Sections 92A to 92I
 CHAPTER XI: Sections 93 to 102
 CHAPTER XII: Sections 103 to 129
 CHAPTER XIV: Sections 135 to 150
 CHAPTER XV: Sections 157A to 157B
 CHAPTER XVI: Sections 158 to 175F
 CHAPTER XVII: Sections 176 to 194
 CHAPTER XVIII: Sections 195 to 204H
 CHAPTER XIX: Sections 205 to 213
 CHAPTER XX: Sections 214 to 220
 CHAPTER XXI: Sections 221 to 240
 CHAPTER XXII: Sections 241 to 281
 CHAPTER XXIII: Sections 282 to 291
 CHAPTER XXIV: Sections 292 to 318
 CHAPTER XXV: Sections 319 to 339
 CHAPTER XXVI: Sections 340 to 341
 CHAPTER XXVII: Sections 342 to 345
 CHAPTER XXVIII: Sections 346 to 350
 CHAPTER XXIX: Sections 351 to 352
 CHAPTER XXX: Sections 353 to 354
 CHAPTER XXXI: Sections 355 to 383
 CHAPTER XXXII: Sections 384 to 386
 CHAPTER XXXIII: Sections 387 to 395
 CHAPTER XXXIV: Sections 396 to 413
 CHAPTER XXXV: Sections 414 to 416E
 CHAPTER XXXVI: Sections 417 to 421A
 CHAPTER XXXVII: Sections 421AA to 421AC
 CHAPTER XXXVIII: Sections 422 to 429B
 CHAPTER XXXIX: Sections 430 to 433
 CHAPTER XL: Sections 433A to 433H
 CHAPTER XLI: Sections 434 to 437
 CHAPTER XLII: Sections 438 to 447
 CHAPTER XLIII: Penang and Malacca
 CHAPTER XLIV: Personal Law Transactions and Proprietary Interests: Including those of Individuals and of Members of Personal Law Groups
 CHAPTER XLV: Sabah Land Ordinance (Cap 68)
 CHAPTER XLVI: Sarawak Land Code (Cap 81) (1958 Edition)