Local Government Act 1976 s 78
Sections 85–93 were repealed by later amendments.
Any person who permits a house to be so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inhabitants shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or with both and to a further fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued after conviction.
Rumah yang diduduki dengan penuh sesak
Seseorang yang membenarkan sesebuah rumah diduduki dengan sebegitu penuh sesak hingga mendatangkan bencana atau bahaya kepada kesihatan penduduknya melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi dua 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).