Federal legislations governing land matters in Peninsular Malaysia are not applicable in Sabah. Sabah had its own sets of laws as land is a State matter under the Federal Constitution. This webinar seeks to provide a brief overview of property transactions in Sabah based on relevant state laws which include classification of lands, permission to transfer, acquisition by foreign interest, registration of land dealings, and more.
Federal legislations governing land matters in Peninsular Malaysia are not applicable in Sabah. Sabah had its own sets of laws as land is a State matter under the Federal Constitution. This webinar seeks to provide a brief overview of property transactions in Sabah based on relevant state laws which include classification of lands, permission to transfer, acquisition by foreign interest, registration of land dealings, and more.
Christina Lim Wan Ying (LLB (Honours), CLP (University of Malaya)) was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1996 and subsequently the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in 2001. She has been in
continuous active legal practice for more than 26 years. She is a partner of Jayasuriya Kah & Co. in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She practises mainly in conveyancing, banking finance, commercial contracts, restructuring, corporate receivership, insolvency and liquidation matters. She was also involved in providing training to directors of private limited companies for Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (“SSM”) training programme.
She currently co-chairs the Conveyancing Practice Committee of the Sabah Law Society and is also a Bar Council Conveyancing Practice Committee member.
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