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Bill for implementation of e-Tanah
system tabled
09/12/2007 Sunday Star
PETALING JAYA: The Government has tabled the National Land Code (Amendment)
Bill 2007 in an effort to streamline land transactions and ownership. The
Bill will see the implementation of the e-Tanah system in the peninsula once
passed.
The Bill, tabled last Wednesday by Deputy Natural Resources and Environment
Minister Datuk S. Sothinathan, is expected to be debated during the current
Parliament sitting which ends on Dec 19.
The electronic land administration system (e-Tanah) is expected to cut
transaction time in half, enable an online comprehensive land database
collection and make the application and registration of titles more
efficient. Copies of online land and grant forms were included as part of
the Bill.
Final land titles could also be issued without first issuing a temporary
occupation licence, where it was deemed fit.
The maximum penalty for the illegal extraction or removal of rock material
including rock, sand and mud, will be increased from RM10,000 to RM50,000
and the jail term from one year to five years. |
