RM1 for Religious Land

Those responsible for the management of places of worship should take the necessary action to ensure their land where the viharas, temples, churches or religious centres are erected are designated for religious purposes ( tanah untuk kegunaan rumah ibadat). This is especially important for centres which conducts regular religious service and sermons in their premises.



If the land use is still designated as commercial, residential, industrial or agriculture, the religious bodies will be paying quit rent rates based on the respective type of land usage which can be substantial if the size of the land is big. Land designated for religious purposes usually do not have to pay quit rent but just a nominal fee as low as one Ringgit per year for each lot.



For instance, the states of Selangor and Penang charges only a nominal fee of RM1 per year on land for places of worship. Therefore, the management of places of worship other than Islam should take the opportunity to convert their land to 'tanah kegunaan rumah ibadat" if there is a place of worship erected on that particular piece of land. The amount saves from the annual quit rent can be use for other religious education or welfare services. - Loka