Clause 48

In this Ordinance and in any regulations made thereunder the expression “back-lane” includes every back-lane whether now or hereafter existing and any part thereof and any approach thereto and all land already or hereafter acquired or set apart for or laid out as a back-lane and all channels, drains and appurtenances of a back-lane.

Neither the public nor any person shall be deemed to have any right of ingress, egress or regress over any back-lane vested in the Government or any part thereof except by express grant by the Director which he may at his discretion withhold or give upon such terms as he may think fit.

The Director may prepare a plan of any back-lane and the Minister by writing under his hand declare that the same shall vest in the Government and may register such writing together with the plan under the Land Titles Ordinance, 1956 (Ord. 21 of 1956), in respect of registered land and under the Registration of Deeds Ordinance (Cap. 255) in respect of other land.

Upon such registration the land comprised in such plan shall be deemed to be vested in the Government freed from all incumbrances, and, where such land is held under a Statutory Land Grant, such vesting shall not be deemed to be a subdivision within the meaning of the Crown Lands Ordinance (Cap. 244).

The provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall not apply to any land set apart or acquired under section 43 of this Ordinance.

The Minister may with the sanction of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara sell, lease or exchange for other land a back-lane or any part thereof.