Native customary rights

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Native customary rights to land in Sarawak was a system of land tenure based on adat (native customary laws) that existed prior to British arrival in Sarawak. Native customary rights to land consisted of rights to cultivate the land, rights to the produce of the jungle, hunting and fishing rights, rights to use the land for burial and ceremonial purposes, and rights of inheritance and transfer. According to native ideas, the clearing and cultivation of virgin land confers permanent rights on the original clearer (Geddes 1954; Freeman 1955; Richards 1961).[1]

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1. Defining Native Customary Rights to Land