Malaysia legislation
Section 116
Section 116
Recovery of charges for local authority services
(a)
the owner shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be entitled to recover from the occupier of the said premises any such charges paid by him in respect of the occupation by such occupier; and
(b)
the occupier shall be entitled to deduct from any rent or other amount payable by him to the owner of the premises any portion of such charges paid by or recovered from him which the owner could not lawfully have required him to pay.
(2)
A local authority may charge and recover interest on unpaid charges for services at a rate not exceeding one per centum per month or part of a month.
Recovery by instalments