Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 · Updated to 2 Mar 2016 · Part VI · Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims
16P. Abandonment to bring claim within jurisdiction
Feedback & supportA claimant may abandon so much of a claim as exceeds fifty thousand ringgit in order to bring the claim within the jurisdiction of the
Tribunal.
Tribunal
“Tribunal” means the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims established under section 16B. Powers of the Minister to determine housing accommodation
Where a part of a claim has been abandoned under subsection (1), the Tribunal’s record of an agreed settlement under subsection 16T(3) or the Tribunal’s award under section 16Y, as the case may be, in relation to the claim shall operate to discharge the person—
who is a party to that agreed settlement; or
against whom the claim is brought and the subsequent award is made, from liability in respect of the amount so abandoned.