Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 s 33
Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 s 33
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s 33
(3) Where a managing agent has been appointed by the Commissioner under section 25 to maintain and manage a development area, a notice sent by the managing agent shall be deemed to have been sent by the developer or Body.
Recovery of arrears of charges
33. (1) Where the amount of charges payable is in arrears for six months, the Commissioner may, at the request of the developer or Body, issue a warrant of attachment in Form B of the Second Schedule authorizing the attachment of any movable property belonging to the purchaser which may be found in the parcel or elsewhere within the local authority area.
(2) No warrant of attachment shall be issued by the Commissioner unless the Commissioner has served a notice in Form A of the Second Schedule on the purchaser or any one of the purchasers of the parcel, if more than one, requesting him to pay the arrears within fourteen days of the service by posting or delivery.
(3) The warrant shall be executed by an officer from the office of the Commissioner who shall make an inventory of the property attached and at the same time give notice in Form C of the Second Schedule to the person who at the time of attachment appears to be the person in possession of the property.
(4) Such officer may, in the daytime, effect forcible entry into any parcel or building or any part of the parcel or building for the purpose of effecting the attachment.
(5) Unless the arrears and the collection charges are paid within seven days of the attachment of the property, the property attached shall be sold by public auction.
(6) Where any amount is recovered by the Commissioner under this section, the Commissioner may deduct from such amount collection charges of such amount as may be prescribed by the Minister, with the concurrence of the State Authority.
(7) Any amount recovered by the Commissioner, after the deduction of the collection charges, shall be deposited into the Building Maintenance Fund as soon as practicable.
(8) Any surplus, after the deduction of any amount by the Commissioner under subsection (6), shall be paid to the person who, at the time of the attachment was or appeared to be in possession of the property.
Malay text (authoritative)
Mendapatkan tunggakan caj
(1) Jika amaun caj yang kena dibayar tertunggak selama enam bulan, Pesuruhjaya boleh, atas permintaan pemaju atau Badan, mengeluarkan suatu waran penahanan dalam Borang B Jadual Kedua yang membenarkan penahanan apa-apa harta alih kepunyaan pembeli yang ditemui di dalam petak atau di tempat lain di dalam kawasan pihak berkuasa tempatan.
(2) Tiada waran penahanan boleh dikeluarkan oleh Pesuruhjaya melainkan jika Pesuruhjaya telah menyampaikan suatu notis dalam Borang A Jadual Kedua kepada pembeli atau mana-mana seorang daripada pembeli petak itu, jika lebih daripada satu, yang meminta pembeli itu membayar tunggakan itu dalam masa empat belas hari dari penyerahan melalui pos atau penghantaran.
(3) Waran itu hendaklah dilaksanakan oleh seorang pegawai daripada pejabat Pesuruhjaya yang hendaklah membuat inventori harta yang ditahan itu dan pada masa yang sama memberikan notis dalam Borang C Jadual Kedua kepada orang yang pada masa penahanan itu ternyata merupakan orang yang memiliki harta itu.
(4) Pegawai itu boleh, pada waktu siang, memecah masuk secara paksa ke dalam mana-mana petak atau bangunan atau mana-mana bahagian petak atau bangunan itu bagi maksud melaksanakan penahanan itu.
(5) Melainkan jika tunggakan dan caj pungutan dibayar dalam masa tujuh hari dari penahanan harta itu, harta yang ditahan itu hendaklah dijual melalui lelongan awam.
(6) Jika apa-apa amaun didapatkan oleh Pesuruhjaya di bawah seksyen ini, Pesuruhjaya boleh memotong daripada amaun itu caj pungutan itu bagi apa-apa amaun yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri, dengan persetujuan Pihak Berkuasa Negeri.
(7) Apa-apa amaun yang didapatkan oleh Pesuruhjaya, selepas pemotongan caj pungutan itu, hendaklah didepositkan ke dalam Kumpulan Wang Penyenggaraan Bangunan secepat yang dapat dilaksanakan.
(8) Apa-apa lebihan, selepas pemotongan apa-apa amaun oleh Pesuruhjaya di bawah subseksyen (6), hendaklah dibayar kepada orang yang, pada masa penahanan itu adalah atau ternyata memiliki harta itu.
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).
