Malaysia legislation
Section 9
of HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (CONTROL AND LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012
Section 9
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 18
the following section:
“Offences relating to abandonment of housing development by a licensed housing developer 18a. (1) Any licensed housing developer who abandons or causes to be abandoned a housing development or any phase of a housing development which the licensed housing developer is engaged in, carries on, undertakes or causes to be undertaken shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine which shall not be less than
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two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit but which shall not exceed five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
(2)
For the purpose of this section, “abandons” means refuses to carry out or delays or suspends or ceases work continuously for a period of six months or more or beyond the stipulated period of completion as agreed under the sale and purchase agreement.”.
Amendment of section 24