Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · Updated to 31 Dec 2019
Section 77
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No building shall be erected over any public sewer, private connection pipe, public surface or storm water drain, culvert, water course, river or stream or any water main, electric cable or wire without the prior written permission of the local authority or the controlling statutory authority concerned as the case may be.
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;
private connection pipe
Defined · s 3“private connection pipe” has the same meaning assigned to it under the *Water Services Industry Act 2006;
sewer
Defined · s 3“sewer” has the same meaning assigned to it under the *Water Services Industry Act 2006;
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