Land Law comes under the area of Property Law. It deals with immovable properties such as land, houses and other types of buildings. Malaysian land law follows the Torrens title whereby a system of titles and interests by registration is put in place.
There are four main pieces of legislation governing land matters in Malaysia namely, the National Land Code (Penang and Melaka Titles) Act 1963, the National Land Code 1965, the Sarawak Land Code and the Sabah Land Ordinance. By reason of the codifying of the law pertaining to land matters, the application of doctrines of equity relating to English land tenure is not permitted. Section 6 of the Civil Law Act 1956 prohibits the usage of English land law and rules of equity relating to the same in Malaysia but equitable principles which do not conflict with the general framework of the Torrens system may be applicable.