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Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations

The advancement of railway transportation in Malaysia is one of the focus areas in the national development plan. The railway authorities are allocated with reserved land for purposes of railway tracks development. The reserved land is often occupied by unauthorised persons who are termed as squatte...

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Main Authors: Abdul Jalil, Najah Inani, Maidin, Ainul Jaria, Mat Salleh, Khuzaimah
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Language:English
Published: Global Academic Excellence 2018
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KZ Law of Nations
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spelling my.uum.repo.255102019-01-29T02:47:21Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25510/ Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations Abdul Jalil, Najah Inani Maidin, Ainul Jaria Mat Salleh, Khuzaimah KZ Law of Nations The advancement of railway transportation in Malaysia is one of the focus areas in the national development plan. The railway authorities are allocated with reserved land for purposes of railway tracks development. The reserved land is often occupied by unauthorised persons who are termed as squatters pursuant to the National Land Code (Act 56 of 1965). The objective of this article is to identify the challenges in enforcing the law and procedures relating to the eviction of squatters from the railway land. The methodology adopted is literature review to establish the issues relating to the management of squatters generally and squatters living on railway land specifically. The discussion will also focus on the powers of the State Authority, local authority and railway authority in dealing with the squatters on railway reserved land and propose a mechanism to improve the present system to overcome the weaknesses in enforcing of the law relating to eviction of squatters on railway land. Global Academic Excellence 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/25510/1/IJLGC%203%2013%202018%2021%2033.pdf Abdul Jalil, Najah Inani and Maidin, Ainul Jaria and Mat Salleh, Khuzaimah (2018) Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations. International Journal of Law, Government and Communication, 3 (13). pp. 21-33. ISSN 0128-1763 http://www.ijlgc.com/archived.asm
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic KZ Law of Nations
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Abdul Jalil, Najah Inani
Maidin, Ainul Jaria
Mat Salleh, Khuzaimah
Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
description The advancement of railway transportation in Malaysia is one of the focus areas in the national development plan. The railway authorities are allocated with reserved land for purposes of railway tracks development. The reserved land is often occupied by unauthorised persons who are termed as squatters pursuant to the National Land Code (Act 56 of 1965). The objective of this article is to identify the challenges in enforcing the law and procedures relating to the eviction of squatters from the railway land. The methodology adopted is literature review to establish the issues relating to the management of squatters generally and squatters living on railway land specifically. The discussion will also focus on the powers of the State Authority, local authority and railway authority in dealing with the squatters on railway reserved land and propose a mechanism to improve the present system to overcome the weaknesses in enforcing of the law relating to eviction of squatters on railway land.
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author Abdul Jalil, Najah Inani
Maidin, Ainul Jaria
Mat Salleh, Khuzaimah
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Maidin, Ainul Jaria
Mat Salleh, Khuzaimah
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title Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
title_short Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
title_full Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
title_fullStr Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
title_full_unstemmed Squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
title_sort squatters on railway land: legal issues and recommendations
publisher Global Academic Excellence
publishDate 2018
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/25510/1/IJLGC%203%2013%202018%2021%2033.pdf
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