Undang-Undang Larangan Memindahkan Tanda Sempadan Tanah

PART VIII

DEMARCATION AND SURVEY

Removal of or interference with survey and land marks

160. (1) No landmark, boundary mark, trigonometrical station, semaphore or other survey mark shall be defaced, obliterated, moved, injured or otherwise impaired, destroyed or rendered useless, except by a person duly authorised thereto by the officer having control of such station or mark, and any person acting in contravention of such station or mark, and any person acting in contravention of this section shall be liable, upon conviction by a Magistrate, to the penalty provided by the Penal Code [F.M.S. Cap.45.] and may further be ordered to pay a sum not exceeding ten times the cost of repairing or replacing such station or mark and of making any survey rendered necessary by the act for which such conviction was had, the amount to be recovered by the process provided for the recovery of fines.

(2) If any person shall have occasion to require the temporary or permanent removal or alteration of any such station or mark he shall make an application in writing to that effect to the officer having control of the same, setting forth the reasons for such application, whereupon such officer may comply with such application and shall be entitled to recover from the applicant the cost of such work as may be thereby entailed.

Orang Tamak Selalu Rugi

Kisah sebuah keluarga yang miskin mahu dapatkan bahagian tanah mereka cuma luas 6 ekar sahaja daripada diterokai oleh sebuah company kaya. Namun tergendala apabila dinafikan hak mereka sedangkan company sudah mengaut keuntungan keluasan tanah hampir 900 ekar di tanah warisan keluarga orang kampung.

Akibat daripada itu maka berlakulah kesedihan, perang mulut, penindasan, tekanan, ugutan daripada company kepada keluarga tadi. Kisah ini akhirnya sampai ke pengetahuan seorang peguam yang tulus hati budinya dan setelah kes diteliti maka si peguam bersetuju memberikan khidmat guaman percuma kepada si keluarga tadi.

Di akhir kisah ini, si keluarga telah pun mendapatkan luas tanah 6 ekar yang dipertahankan. Namun nasib si company tadi semakin bertambah buruk apabila mahkamah mengarahkan 900 ekar dikembalikan kepada penduduk kampung kerana didapati cara pemilikan tanah yang tidak sah. Benarlah kata peribahasa 'Orang Tamak Selalu Rugi'...

p/s: Ini hanyalah sebuah cerita sahaja. Tidak ada kaitan dengan yang lain.