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Strata Management Act 2013 · s 78

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s 78

(1)

Where a sum becomes recoverable by a management corporation by virtue of subsection 52(4), 60(4), 60(5), 61(4),

61(5) or 77(3), or by a subsidiary management corporation by virtue of subsection 68(4), from a proprietor under this Act, the management corporation or the subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, may serve on the proprietor a written notice demanding payment of the sum due within the period as may be specified in the notice which shall not be less than two weeks from the date of service of the notice.

(2)

If any sum remains unpaid by the proprietor at the end of the period specified in the notice under subsection (1), the management corporation or the subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, may file a summons or claim in a court of competent jurisdiction or before the Tribunal for the recovery of the said sum or, as an alternative to recovery under this section, resort to recovery under section 79.

(3)

Any proprietor who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the written notice under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding fifty ringgit for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

Strata Management 95

Recovery of sums by attachment of movable property