Strata Management Act 2013 s 48
s 48 Duties and powers of developer to maintain and manage
(1) A developer shall, during the preliminary management period and subject to the provisions of this Act, be responsible to maintain and manage properly the subdivided building or land, and the common property.
(2) The developer shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the management committee of the management corporation from the time the management corporation comes into existence until the expiry of the preliminary management period.
(3) During the preliminary management period, the developer shall ensure that a separate and distinct area is set aside out of the common property of the development area for the sole purpose of an administration office for the carrying out of duties of the developer under this Act.
(4) Any developer who fails to comply with subsection (1) or
(3) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kewajipan dan kuasa pemaju untuk menyenggara dan mengurus
(1) Pemaju hendaklah, semasa tempoh pengurusan permulaan dan tertakluk kepada peruntukan Akta ini, bertanggungjawab untuk menyenggarakan dan menguruskan dengan sepatutnya bangunan atau tanah yang dipecah bahagi, dan harta bersama.
(2) Pemaju hendaklah menjalankan kuasa dan melaksanakan kewajipan jawatankuasa pengurusan perbadanan pengurusan dari masa perbadanan pengurusan itu mula wujud sehingga habis tempoh pengurusan permulaan.
(3) Semasa tempoh pengurusan permulaan, pemaju hendaklah memastikan bahawa suatu kawasan yang berasingan dan berlainan dikhaskan daripada harta bersama bagi kawasan pemajuan itu bagi maksud semata-mata sebagai pejabat pentadbiran bagi menjalankan kewajipan pemaju di bawah Akta ini.
(4) Mana-mana pemaju yang tidak mematuhi subseksyen (1) atau (3) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi dua ratus lima puluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahun atau keduaduanya.
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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).
