Labuan: its legal history and land tenure system

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

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	545/5460
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Labuan, history, land tenure system
Subjects:	K Law > KPG Malaysia K Law > KPG Malaysia > KPGG7000 Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws > Department of Civil Law
Depositing User:	Dr Nor Asiah Mohamad
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2011 15:46
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2011 13:50
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/5460

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