State Lands Encroachments Act
(CHAPTER 315)

Long Title

1 Short title
2 Information of encroachment
3 Removal of unlawful occupants
4 Warrant issuable by court for dispossession
5 Forms
6 Demolition of unlawful buildings
7 Penalties for trespassing
8 Recovery of expenses
9 Forfeiture of abandoned land to State
10 Procedure for resumption
11 Limitation
12 State land not to be acquired by adverse possession
13 Penalty for depasturing on State land
14 Penalty for other trespasses on State land
15 (Repealed)
16 Forest rangers and penghulus
17 Forest rangers and penghulus to give information
18 Arrest without warrant
19 Right of proceeding under the law
20 Interpretation

THE SCHEDULE

Legislative History

Interpretation
20.  In this Act, “State land” includes all land contained or referred to in a notification or declaration made under the provisions of section 3 or 5 of the Land Acquisition Act, and published in the Gazette in accordance with those provisions.