Any owner, occupier or tenant of any house, building or land, whether tenantable or otherwise, who suffers the same or any part thereof to be in a filthy and unwholesome state or overgrown with rank or noisome vegetation, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment and to a further fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued after convictions.
Malay text (authoritative)
Rumah, dsb., kotor
Mana-mana pemunya, penduduk atau penyewa mana-mana rumah, bangunan atau tanah, sama ada layak diduduki oleh tenan atau tidak, yang membiarkan rumah, bangunan atau tanah itu atau mana-mana bahagiannya berada dalam keadaan kotor dan tidak baik atau diliputi oleh tumbuh-tumbuhan rimbun dan mudarat melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda
tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya dan didenda tambahan tidak melebihi satu ratus ringgit bagi setiap satu hari selama tempoh kesalahan itu diteruskan selepas sabitan.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
