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.