Section 110
Overcrowding of houses
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
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(1)
Any person who permits a house to be so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inhabitants shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment and to a further fine not exceeding two hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued after conviction.
(2)
For the purpose of this Ordinance, a house shall be deemed to be so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inhabitants thereof if it or any room therein is found to be inhabited in excess of the proportion of one adult to every ten cubic metres of clear internal space, and in such calculation every person over ten years of age shall be deemed an adult and two children not exceeding ten years of age shall be counted as an adult.