Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 · Updated to 2 Mar 2016 · Part I · Preliminary
1. Short title and application
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This section gives the name used to refer to the Act. The Act applies only in Peninsular Malaysia.
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This Act may be cited as the Housing Development (Control and
housing development
“housing development” means to develop or construct or cause to be constructed in any manner whatsoever more than four units of housing accommodation and includes the collection of moneys or the carrying on of any building operations for the purpose of erecting housing accommodation in, on, over or under any land; or the sale of more than four lots of land or building lots with the view of constructing more than four units of housing accommodation;
Licensing) Act 1966.*
(Omitted).
This Act shall apply only in Peninsular Malaysia.