Malaysia legislation
Section 138
Section 138
Power to execute drainage works on private property
(a)
carry out either by its own servants or by contractors any work in connection with the installation or improvement of a drainage or sewerage system on any property after giving reasonable notice to the owner and occupier thereof, and may connect any such system with the local authority’s drains or sewers, and may recover from the owner of such property the expenses incurred in such work, including a reasonable charge for supervision, and, if the work is undertaken without the aid of a contractor, for the use of tools and plant; or
(b)
advance to the owner of any property the amount of any expenses incurred or to be incurred by him in the execution of any such drainage or sewerage work on such property.
(2)
The local authority may agree to accept payment of such expenses and repayment of such advances in such installments, at such times, upon such rate of interest, and upon such conditions as the local authority may determine.
(3)
Such expenses and advances, together with the interest thereon, shall be a charge upon the property in respect of which the same are incurred made, and shall be paid to the local authority by the owner thereof for the time being, and the installments thereof as they fall due shall be recoverable from the present or future owner of the property in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(4)
The local authority shall keep at its offices a register of all expenses incurred and advances made under this section, and shall show in such register the total amount thereof, the installments in which the same are payable, the property in respect of which the same have been incurred or made and the balances for the time being outstanding; and shall keep such register open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any person, free of charge. Such register and any extract therefrom, certified by the Secretary or by any other person authorized by the local authority, shall, in any proceedings for the recovery of such expenses, advances or interest thereon, or any installments thereof, be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.
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(5)
Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the power of the local authority to execute any work which the local authority is, by any enactment in force in the local authority area, empowered to execute or to recover the cost of executing such work from any person who is liable therefor.
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