{"id":3265,"date":"2021-10-05T01:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T01:34:15","slug":"land-law-co-proprietorship-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/land-law-co-proprietorship-termination\/","title":{"rendered":"LAND LAW – CO-PROPRIETORSHIP – TERMINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have in our earlier legal updates on Property Law Co-Proprietorship-Termination<\/a> set out how you may apply to court to terminate the co-proprietorship either by partition, sale or transfer when there is a deadlock.
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Q: Do I have to first apply to the land office before applying to court to terminate the co-proprietorship?
\n<\/em><\/strong>No. The new insertion of Section 141A in the National Land Code 1965<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (\u201cNLC 1965<\/strong>\u201d) gives co-proprietor as an alternative avenue to apply to the land office to terminate the co-proprietorship when there is a deadlock. Section 141A<\/u><\/em><\/strong> is a \u201cpermissive section<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

You can make an application to the court terminate co-proprietorship under Section 145<\/u><\/em><\/strong>; even before an application is made under s. 141A<\/u><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Q: What are the criteria for partition under both s. 141A and 145 of the NCL 1965?
\n<\/em><\/strong>The applicant has to comply with the criteria in Section 136 of the NLC 1965<\/u><\/em><\/strong> as follows:<\/p>\n