This circular is intended to advise Land Administrators on the procedures for processing applications to use agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes.

This circular serves to clarify and advise Registrars of Titles and Land Administrators regarding land use conditions for village, town, or city land alienated prior to 1 January 1966—including land for which alienation was approved before 1 January 1966 and subsequently registered under the National Land Code (NLC)—that currently lack specified land use conditions, pending the imposition of such conditions pursuant to Section 54 of the NLC. The objective is to prevent any potential misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the relevant sections concerning the determination of land use conditions, in accordance with Sections 53(2) and 53(3) of the NLC.

This circular serves to draw the attention of Directors of Lands and Mines and Land Administrators to the decision of the 51st National Land Council, which convened on 16 November 1995, that the development of land for commercial non-Muslim burial grounds be given due consideration by the State Authorities, and that the conditions for approval be standardized.

This circular serves to advise Land Administrators regarding who is authorized to prepare the pre-computation plans that must accompany applications for the subdivision of land, as well as applications for the surrender and re-alienation of land under the National Land Code 1965; it further emphasizes that the approval of such applications must be based on these pre-computation plans.