Section 1
Section 1
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(1)
This Ordinance may be cited as the Buildings
Ordinance, 1994, and shall come into force, in the areas specified in the First Schedule, on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint, and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of different parts or provisions of this
Ordinance.
[Ins. Cap. A52, Sub. Cap. A224.]
(1A)
[Deleted by Cap. A224.]
(2)
The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to any building other than those specified under subsection (3).
(3)
This Ordinance shall not apply to—
(a)
any building of the class referred to in the Second
Schedule;
(b)
any movable dwelling (including any tent, van or other conveyance, whether on wheels or not, and any shed or similar structure) if such dwelling is used only temporarily or intermittently for human habitation;
(c)
any building or part thereof, which is, with the approval of the local authority, used for the purpose of such experiment or research as may be approved by that local authority;
(d)
subject to section 10, any existing building which does not fall within the classification specified in section 66, so long as no extension or alteration or change in the use thereof is made thereto and so long as the building does not become a dangerous building; or
(e)
any building or class of building or building works exempted by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri under section 63.