Pemakaian sistem Torrens dalam perundangan tanah Malaysia dan kesannya terhadap Iḥyā’ al-Mawāt

The application of Torrens system in Malaysian land law and its effect to Iḥyā’ al-Mawāt

Authors

  • Rabi'ah Muhammad Serji Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), MALAYSIA https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2539-7923
  • Mazliza Mohamad Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), MALAYSIA
  • Safinaz Mohd Hussein Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v5i2.152

Keywords:

Iḥyā’ al-mawāt, Torrens system, National Land Code, Land Law, Land ownership

Abstract

Iḥyā’ al-mawāt is one of the methods of owning certain land in Islam. Anyone who clears land and works on it has a right of ownership over the land. The method of owning land by iḥyā’ al-mawāt was actually practised in Tanah Melayu before the British colonialization. However, during the colonial period, they introduced a land system known as the Torrens system. The Torrens system is a system of land administration in which registration is very important to recognised land ownership and is in contradiction to iḥyā’ al-mawāt. This principle was applied through the enforcement of the National Land Code. The question arises whether ihya’ al-mawāt can still be applied and recognised under Malaysian land law. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to discuss iḥyā’ al-mawāt and also to determine its place in Malaysian land law. This paper which employs the content analysis method of court case and statute finds that iḥyā’ al-mawāt is not recognised under the Malaysian land law and further, it is an offence under section 425 of the National Land Code.

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Author Biographies

Rabi'ah Muhammad Serji, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), MALAYSIA

Rabi’ah Muhammad Serji is a member of Department of Law, Faculty of Syariah and Law, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS). She received her Master of Laws (LL.M) from Faculty of Law, National University of Malaysia (UKM). She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Honours, from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and now pursuing her PhD on Law at Faculty of Law, National University of Malaysia (UKM) on the area of Land Law. She has 16 years’ experience in teaching law subjects in numerous universities and colleges. Her research areas of interests include land law, Islamic Law of Property, commercial law and forensic evidence. Her current research is on the exceptions to the indefeasibility of title and interest under the Torrens System.

 

Mazliza Mohamad, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), MALAYSIA

 

 

Safinaz Mohd Hussein, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), MALAYSIA

 

 

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2020-12-30

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Muhammad Serji, R., Mohamad, M., & Mohd Hussein, S. (2020). Pemakaian sistem Torrens dalam perundangan tanah Malaysia dan kesannya terhadap Iḥyā’ al-Mawāt: The application of Torrens system in Malaysian land law and its effect to Iḥyā’ al-Mawāt. Al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues, 5(2), 463–471. https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v5i2.152

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues

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