Malaysia legislation
Section 35
of Bintulu Development Authority Ordinance, 1978 ( Ord. No. 1/78 )
Section 35
⎯(1)
Any person authorized in that behalf in writing by the
Authority may, on the production of such written authority, enter at all reasonable hours upon any land or building in the designated area and there make such inspection, examination, investigation, survey or all other acts as may be necessary for enforcing or carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance:
Provided that no person shall enter into any building, or into or upon any enclosed yard, court or garden attached to any dwelling-house, unless with the consent of the occupier of it, without previously giving such occupier at least seven days’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.
(2)
As soon as conveniently may be after such entry, the
Authority shall assess the compensation for damage resulting from it.
(3)
Such compensation shall not become payable so far as it relates to any land which is resumed pursuant to section 11 and, if paid, shall be refunded to the Authority on demand.
(4)
If there is any dispute as to the amount of any compensation which has become payable, the persons to whom it is payable or the apportionment of the compensation, such dispute shall, if any person interested so requires, be referred to arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Act 2005 [Act 646].
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(5)
Every person who wilfully obstructs or interferes with any person in the lawful exercise of any power conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of five hundred ringgit.
Things done in anticipation of the Ordinance