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Local Government Act 1976 s 79

Local Government Act 1976 s 79

Sections 85–93 were repealed by later amendments.

s 79 When house to be deemed “overcrowded”

For the purpose of this Act a house shall be deemed to be so overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants thereof if it or any room therein is found to be inhabited in excess of the proportion of one adult to every three hundred and fifty cubic feet of clear internal space, and in such calculation every person over ten years of age shall be deemed an adult and two children not exceeding ten years of age shall be counted as an adult.

Malay text (authoritative)

Bila rumah disifatkan sebagai “penuh sesak”

Bagi maksud Akta ini, sesebuah rumah hendaklah disifatkan sebagai sebegitu penuh sesak hingga mendatangkan bahaya atau mudarat kepada kesihatan penduduknya jika rumah itu atau manamana bilik di dalamnya didapati diduduki lebih daripada kadar seorang dewasa bagi tiap-tiap tiga ratus lima puluh kaki padu luang dalam bersih dan dalam pengiraan itu tiap-tiap orang berumur lebih daripada sepuluh tahun hendaklah disifatkan sebagai seorang dewasa dan dua orang kanak-kanak berumur tidak lebih daripada sepuluh tahun hendaklah dikira sebagai seorang dewasa.

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Find Act 171 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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).

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