Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · Updated to 31 Dec 2019 · Part VI · Miscellaneous
107. Attachment
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The attachment mentioned in paragraph 106 (1)(a) may be made by a person appointed for the purpose by the local authority who shall publicly notify the attachment and shall take an inventory of the property attached.
person
“person” includes a company, a partnership, a body of persons and a corporation sole;
Such person shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code [Act 574].
Such person may break open in daytime any house or building for the purpose of effecting such attachment.
house
“house” includes dwelling-house, warehouse, office, countinghouse, shop, school, and any other building in which persons are employed;
Terms defined in s 3
building
Defined · s 3“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of a human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
house
Defined · s 3“house” includes dwelling-house, warehouse, office, countinghouse, shop, school, and any other building in which persons are employed;
local authority
Defined · s 3“local authority” means any city council, municipal council, town council, town board, local council, rural board or similar local authority established by written law and in relation to the Federal Territory means the Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur appointed under section 3 of the Federal Capital Act 1960;
person
Defined · s 3“person” includes a company, a partnership, a body of persons and a corporation sole;