Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system

Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system

A prominent researcher on the history of Malaysian land tenure, Judith Sihombing, argues in line with J. R. Innes that the land registration system was first introduced in labuan by virtue of the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No.7 of 1849 and not in Selangor under the Selangor...

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Main Authors: Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum, Mohamad, Nor Asiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS) 2009
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KPG Malaysia
KPGG7000 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
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spelling iium-54602011-11-24T05:50:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5460/ Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum Mohamad, Nor Asiah KPG Malaysia KPGG7000 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan A prominent researcher on the history of Malaysian land tenure, Judith Sihombing, argues in line with J. R. Innes that the land registration system was first introduced in labuan by virtue of the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No.7 of 1849 and not in Selangor under the Selangor Registration of Titles Regulation No. IV of 1891. which was introduced by W. E. Maxwell. Unfortunately, neither Innes nor Sihombing investigated this matter any further. Moreover, the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No. 7 of 1849 was issued prior to the Torrens System introduced in Australia by Sir Robert Torrens (Real Property Act 1858). The question is whether the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No.7 of 1849 was a registration of land titles or a registration of deeds, or a registration of instrument of transfer. This study attempts to investigate and analyse these issues. In order to confirm that land registration was first introduced in labuan, it is necessary to study labuan legal history. Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS) 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5460/1/Labuan-_its_legal_history_and_land_tenure_system.pdf Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum and Mohamad, Nor Asiah (2009) Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS), 82 (1). pp. 17-54. ISSN 0128-5483 http://www.mbras.org.my/journal.html
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KPGG7000 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
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KPGG7000 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum
Mohamad, Nor Asiah
Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
description A prominent researcher on the history of Malaysian land tenure, Judith Sihombing, argues in line with J. R. Innes that the land registration system was first introduced in labuan by virtue of the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No.7 of 1849 and not in Selangor under the Selangor Registration of Titles Regulation No. IV of 1891. which was introduced by W. E. Maxwell. Unfortunately, neither Innes nor Sihombing investigated this matter any further. Moreover, the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No. 7 of 1849 was issued prior to the Torrens System introduced in Australia by Sir Robert Torrens (Real Property Act 1858). The question is whether the labuan Registration of Titles to land Ordinance No.7 of 1849 was a registration of land titles or a registration of deeds, or a registration of instrument of transfer. This study attempts to investigate and analyse these issues. In order to confirm that land registration was first introduced in labuan, it is necessary to study labuan legal history.
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author Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum
Mohamad, Nor Asiah
author_facet Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum
Mohamad, Nor Asiah
author_sort Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum
title Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
title_short Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
title_full Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
title_fullStr Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
title_full_unstemmed Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
title_sort labuan: its legal history and land tenure system
publisher Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS)
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/5460/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/5460/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/5460/1/Labuan-_its_legal_history_and_land_tenure_system.pdf
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