Responding to Land Fraud: Should torrens compensation scheme be introduced in Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI11.4171Keywords:
Land Fraud, Indefeasibility of Title, Compensation Scheme, Torrens SystemAbstract
In Malaysia, land fraud continues to be a risk to landowners. Unfortunately, current legal redresses are insufficient to protect the interests of the land fraud victims. This research explores the need to introduce a compensation scheme as part of the Torrens system in Malaysia to provide statutory monetary compensation to land fraud victims. This paper employs library-based doctrinal study and comparative legal analysis. This research resolves that a compensation scheme should be established as one of the risk mitigations measures in facing land fraud.
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