Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) There shall be a National Land Council consisting of a
Land
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- Malaysia
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- 91
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- in force
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Official source91. (1) There shall be a National Land Council consisting of a
Minister as chairman, one representative from each of the States,
who shall be appointed by the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri,
and such number of representatives of the Federal Government as
that Government may appoint but, subject to Clause (5) of Article
95e, the number of representatives of the Federal Government
shall not exceed ten.
(2) The chairman may vote on any question before the National
Land Council but shall not have a casting vote.
(3) The National Land Council shall be summoned to meet by
the chairman as often as he considers necessary but there shall
be at least one meeting in every year.
(4) If the chairman or a representative of a State or of the
Federal Government is unable to attend a meeting, the authority
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by whom he was appointed may appoint another person to take
his place at that meeting.
(5) It shall be the duty of the National Land Council to formulate
from time to time in consultation with the Federal Government,
the State Governments and the National Finance Council a national
policy for the promotion and control of the utilization of land
throughout the Federation for mining, agriculture, forestry or any
other purpose, and for the administration of any laws relating
thereto; and the Federal and State Governments shall follow the
policy so formulated.
(6) The Federal Government or the Government of any State
may consult the National Land Council in respect of any other
matter relating to the utilization of land or in respect of any
proposed legislation dealing with land or of the administration
of any such law, and it shall be the duty of the National Land
Council to advise that Government on any such matters.
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