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Conveyancing Conveyancing Law and Practice

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Overview of Property <strong>Law</strong> in Malaysia<br />

The l<strong>and</strong> registration system: the State L<strong>and</strong><br />

Offices <strong>and</strong> coordinated by the Department of<br />

L<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Mines.<br />

Properties can be either:<br />

(a) Freehold – held in perpetuity; or<br />

(b) Leasehold – l<strong>and</strong> owned by the state <strong>and</strong> leases<br />

are for a term of usually for 30, 60 or 99 years.<br />

(c) Malay Reserved L<strong>and</strong> – the buying <strong>and</strong> any<br />

subsequent changing of ownership is restricted to<br />

Bumiputeras only.

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