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Section 58

Offences relating to abandonment of housing development by a housing developer

of Housing Developers (Control And Licensing) Ordinance, 1993

State OrdinanceRepealedProvision 56 of 64
Section 58

A housing developer who abandons or causes to be abandoned a housing development or any phase of housing development shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit but not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term of not exceeding three years or to both.

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Offences by a housing developer under sections 10, 14, 15(3), 27 or 28 59.

Any housing developer who—

(a)

in contravention of any of the provisions of section 10, fails to perform any of the duties imposed by that section;

(b)

enters into an arrangement or agreement in contravention of section 14 or fails to comply with any conditions imposed pursuant to section 14(2);

(c)

after having been required by the Controller or an

Inspector to afford the Controller or Inspector access to the accounting or other records of a housing developer or to furnish any information or explanation, in contravention of section 15(3), fails to comply with that request;

(d)

after the Minister has, pursuant to section 27(1)(c), directed a designated housing developer to assume control of and carry on the business of the housing developer, in contravention of section 27(4), fails to submit his business to the control of the designated housing developer or fails to provide the designated housing developer with such facilities as the Controller may consider necessary for the purpose of carrying on the business of the housing developer with a view to completing any housing development undertaken by the housing developer;

(e)

fails to comply with any direction given or action required by the Minister under section 27(1)(a), (b), (d) or (e); or

(f)

in contravention of section 28, fails to comply with any direction given by the Minister under that section, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine of not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term of not exceeding three years or to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of five hundred ringgit for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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Offences by a director, manager or secretary under section 32