Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 · Updated to 2 Mar 2016 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
18A. Offences relating to abandonment of housing development by a licensed housing developer
Feedback & supportAny licensed housing developer who abandons or causes to be abandoned a housing development or any phase of a housing development which the licensed housing developer is engaged in, carries on, undertakes or causes to be undertaken shall be guilty of an offences and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine which shall not be less than two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
licensed housing developer
“licensed housing developer” means any housing developer licensed under section 5 to engage in or carry on or undertake a housing development and includes the holder of any power of attorney of such housing developer duly created under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949;
For the purpose of this section, “abandons” means refuses to carry out or delays or suspends or ceases work continuously for a period of six months or more or beyond the stipulated period of completion as agreed under the sale and purchase agreement.