PUTRAJAYA: The Government has agreed to look into a Bar Council proposal
to amend the National Land Code, following a recent Court of Appeal ruling over
a land purchase.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Adzmi Khalid said that
while the executive could not interfere with the judiciary’s decision, it agreed
on the possibility of amending the laws.
“Whatever amendment this ministry does, must be with the approval of the
Attorney-General’s Chambers,” he told reporters after meeting a delegationled
by Bar Council chairman Ambiga Sreenevasan yesterday.
The group had handed to him a memorandum on the prevention and protection
against fraudulent land transactions.
He advised them to also submit a similar memorandum to the Attorney-General’s
Chambers.
The issue came about after Court of Appeal judge Gopal Sri Ram said there was no
need to follow a Federal Court decision that wrongly interpreted a section of
the code.
The judge said this in connection with the case of Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd
vs Boonsom Boonyanit, where the apex court favoured Adorna Properties on the
grounds that the code strictly followed the doctrine of “indefeasibility of
title”.
The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal, with costs, by the original
property owners – brothers Au Meng Nam and Ming Kong – who lost their land to
forgers. The Court of Appeal also ordered that the title to the property be
registered in their (the brothers’) names, instead of the purchaser, Ung Yak
Chew.
On another Bar Council suggestion, Azmi said his ministry would be cautious
during the computerisation of procedures of its Land Office transactions.
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Its been a long time coming.
Bravo & kudos to the Bar, especially the Conveyancing Committee for a job well done.
It is this kind of efforts that prove the role of the bar is a pertinent one in the betterment of society.
Justin Johari Azman