Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 s 20
Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 s 20
This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.
s 20 Prohibition on collection of charges
(1) No person shall at any time collect any charges from any purchaser for the maintenance or management of any building or land intended for subdivision into parcels and common property unless—
(a) a Building Maintenance Account has been opened in the name of the development area; and
(b) vacant possession of the parcel purchased by the purchaser has been delivered to the purchaser.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any developer of a development area which has been completed on or before the commencement of this Act and has, immediately before that date, been collecting
charges for the maintenance and management of a building from the purchasers comprised in the development area may continue to do so until the Body has been established.
(3) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Larangan ke atas pemungutan caj
(1) Tiada seorang pun boleh pada bila-bila masa memungut apa-apa caj daripada mana-mana pembeli bagi penyenggaraan atau pengurusan mana-mana bangunan atau tanah yang dicadangkan untuk pecah bahagi kepada petak dan harta bersama melainkan jika—
(a) suatu Akaun Penyenggaraan Bangunan telah dibuka atas nama kawasan pemajuan; dan
(b) milikan kosong petak yang dibeli oleh pembeli telah diserahkan kepada pembeli itu.
(2) Walau apa pun subseksyen (1), mana-mana pemaju sesuatu kawasan pemajuan yang telah disiapkan pada atau sebelum permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini dan telah, sebaik sebelum tarikh itu, memungut caj bagi penyenggaraan dan pengurusan sesuatu bangunan daripada pembeli yang terdapat dalam kawasan pemajuan itu boleh terus berbuat demikian sehingga Badan ditubuhkan.
(3) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar seksyen ini melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi satu ratus ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi satu tahun atau kedua-duanya.
Text as at 1 November 2012 (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).
