{"id":4879,"date":"2023-07-08T16:31:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T08:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:11:32","slug":"property-law-co-proprietorship-termination-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/property-law-co-proprietorship-termination-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PROPERTY LAW \u2013 CO-PROPRIETORSHIP \u2013 TERMINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>YHA have in our earlier legal updates set out the remedy of termination of co-proprietorship for properties. See the following URL.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-yew-huoi-how-amp-associates-leading-malaysia-law-firm wp-block-embed-yew-huoi-how-amp-associates-leading-malaysia-law-firm\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CnmpVeOFIJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/property-law-co-proprietorship-termination\/\">PROPERTY LAW \u2013 CO-PROPRIETORSHIP \u2013 TERMINATION<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;PROPERTY LAW \u2013 CO-PROPRIETORSHIP \u2013 TERMINATION&#8221; &#8212; Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm\" src=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/property-law-co-proprietorship-termination\/embed\/#?secret=Nq3VIH9Pi1#?secret=CnmpVeOFIJ\" data-secret=\"CnmpVeOFIJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-yew-huoi-how-amp-associates-leading-malaysia-law-firm wp-block-embed-yew-huoi-how-amp-associates-leading-malaysia-law-firm\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"H6ZZ0VGcO2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/land-law-co-proprietorship-termination\/\">LAND LAW &#8211; CO-PROPRIETORSHIP &#8211; TERMINATION<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;LAND LAW &#8211; CO-PROPRIETORSHIP &#8211; TERMINATION&#8221; &#8212; Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm\" src=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/land-law-co-proprietorship-termination\/embed\/#?secret=iCnnzTck9u#?secret=H6ZZ0VGcO2\" data-secret=\"H6ZZ0VGcO2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>This legal updates will set out whether there is a need for co-proprietor to first show there is a request for land to be partitioned before applying to court for termination of co-proprietorship for land to be sold.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we have stated in our earlier updates, as co-proprietors, you may apply to the court to either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"i\">\n<li>Partition the property between all the co-proprietors; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>terminate the co-proprietorship in the property via sale of land and proceeds be equally divided equally among co-proprietors on the ground that there is a deadlock.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Do you have to satisfy the court item (i) i.e. the property has to be partitioned first before you apply for termination under item (ii) for the property be sold?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. There is no requirement in Section 145 of the National Land Code 1965 (\u201c<strong>NLC 1965<\/strong>\u201d) that co-proprietor who wished to terminate his co-proprietorship on the land by sale to first show that he had earlier applied for the land to be partitioned, but the application was rejected.<em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An application can be made straight for item (ii) i.e. termination of co-proprietorship for the property to be sold and proceeds to be divided amongst co-proprietors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As we have highlighted in our legal updates <a href=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/land-law-co-proprietorship-termination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land Law Co Proprietorship Termination<\/a> , application for partition of the land would require compliance to Section 136 of the National Land Code 1965 (\u201c<strong>NLC 1965<\/strong>\u201d). Partitioning of land is a complicated and expensive process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The court has decided that this partitioning remedy (which is more onerous) does not have to be first complied. Co-proprietors can proceed with item (ii) option.<em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Besides Section 145 of the NLC 1965, the High Court too has power to have the property sold without partitioning under O. 31 r 1 of the Rules of Court 2012 and Para 3 Schedule of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case in point : <strong><em><u>Ong Chin Hai &amp; Anor v Ong Hoo See &amp; Ors<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>[2022] 5 MLJ 690<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This legal updates will set out whether there is a need for co-proprietor to first show there is a request for land to be partitioned before applying to court for termination of co-proprietorship for land to be sold.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1567,18],"tags":[2702],"class_list":["post-4879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-law","category-updates","tag-property-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4884,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions\/4884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}