TEBIN MOSTAPA v. HULBA-DANYAL BALIA & ANOR
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
TENGKU MAIMUN TUAN MAT CJ, ROHANA YUSUF PCA, AZAHAR MOHAMED CJ (MALAYA),
NALLINI PATHMANATHAN FCJ, VERNON ONG LAM KIAT FCJ
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: 02(f)-23-04-2018 (Q)]
3 JULY 2020
[2020] CLJ JT (5)

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Construction of statutes - Rules of statutory interpretation - Section 177 Sarawak Land Code - Removal of caveat - Legislative intent - Whether meriting purposive and harmonious interpretation - Registered proprietor leaving estate with landed property - Administrator thereof - Whether deemed "registered proprietor" of property - Whether having locus standi to remove caveat against property - Land Code (Cap 81) ss. 2, 113, 115, 177 & 218 - Administration of Estates Ordinance (Cap 80) ss. 4, 15 & 17 - Civil Law Act 1956 s. 8(1)

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Construction of statutes - Section 177 Sarawak Land Code - Removal of caveat - Legislative intent - Purposive and harmonious interpretation - Whether to be read with other provisions of the Land Code - Whether to be also read with provisions of Administration of Estates Ordinance (Cap 80) and Civil Law Act 1956

LAND LAW: Caveat - Removal - Sarawak Land Code s. 177 - Locus standi - Administrator of estate - Land part of deceased"s estate - Agreement by deceased to sell land - Caveat lodged by purported purchaser - Whether administrator of estate had locus standi to remove caveat - Land Code (Cap 81) ss. 2, 113, 115, 177 & 218 - Administration of Estates Ordinance (Cap 80) ss. 4, 15 & 17 - Civil Law Act 1956 s. 8(1)

WORDS & PHRASES: "Representative" - "registered proprietor" - Sections 2 & 177 Land Code (Cap 81) - Meaning and import - Whether to include administrator of estate

WORDS & PHRASES: "Administrators" - "vest" - Section 218 Land Code (Cap 81) and s. 15 Administration of Estates Ordinance (Cap 80) - Meaning and import - Administrator of estate - Whether vested with property under estate once appointed under letters of administration

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