Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · Updated to 31 Dec 2019 · Part II · Streets
20. Refund of deposit when street works have been completed
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Where a deposit has been made or security given under subsection 18(2) and street works have been carried out to the satisfaction of the local authority, the local authority shall refund to the
street works
“street works” includes work of sewering, levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, kerbing, channelling, draining, lighting, laying of water, gas or electricity services and otherwise the making good a street or part of a street;
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person who made such deposit or given such security the whole or part of such deposit or security.
person
“person” includes a company, a partnership, a body of persons and a corporation sole;
The local authority may retain the deposit or security or any part of such deposit or security if, it is of the opinion that—
local authority
“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;
the street works have not been executed properly;
the building operations, in regard to the erection of any building which have not been commenced or completed, would require further street works to be executed; or
such deposit or security is required for a period of maintenance, which period shall not exceed twelve months.
In this section and in section 19 “building operations” means such works as are carried out for the erection of any new building including works which are preparatory to the erection of such new building.
building
“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;
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;
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;
street works
Defined · s 3“street works” includes work of sewering, levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, kerbing, channelling, draining, lighting, laying of water, gas or electricity services and otherwise the making good a street or part of a street;
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