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Section 78

Overcrowding of houses

of Local Government Act 1976

ActIn forceProvision 78 of 173
Section 78

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 two thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or with both and to a further fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued after conviction.