Producing Temporary Occupation License (TOL) Report / Anna Aji

Land and Survey department was established under Ministry of Planning and Resource Management which authorized by Sarawak state government. There are 12 divisional offices including headquarters around the Sarawak. It located at Kuching, Samarahan, Sri aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Kapit, Bintulu, Miri and Limbang. Land Regulation was introduced by Mr. James Brooke as the first Rajah of Sarawak in. It’s been introduced in year 1863.No form of land tenure as it was understood in English Law existed under the Government of Brunei when Mr. James Brooke took over responsibility for the Government of Sarawak in 1841. The first Rajah did not immediately interfere with the system of customary law which existed in Sarawak at that time, and it was not until 1863 that the first Land Regulations were introduced with the approval of the Supreme Council. The Land Regulation of 1863 was comprehensive regulations although they were comparatively simple in nature. Provision was made in these regulations for the issue of leases for 900 years and for grants in fee simple or grants in perpetuity. These regulations were amended from time to time and were supplemented by various Land Orders to meet the changing needs and to overcome administrative problems, and it was only in 1920 that the first comprehensive land legislation recognisable by legal standards as a statute was introduced as Order No. VIII of 1920.In 1931, the Order of 1920 and the Regulations issued under the Order were replaced by Order No. L-2 (Land Ordinance).