Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · Updated to 31 Dec 2019
Section 79
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No person shall erect or cause or permit to be erected in any building any partition, compartment, gallery, loft, roof, ceiling or other structure without having the prior written permission of the local authority.
person
“person” includes a company, a partnership, a body of persons and a corporation sole;
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;
Part VI
Miscellaneous
Part VII