Section 137
Regulations
of Strata Management Ordinance, 2019
—
(1)
The Minister may, with the approval of the
Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri, make such regulations as may
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be expedient or necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Ordinance
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
prescribing any matter which is required under this
Ordinance to be prescribed;
(b)
providing for proper standards of management and maintenance in respect of buildings, common property or limited common property;
(c)
providing for proper control on the administration and use of the subdivided building or land and the common property or limited common property;
(d)
providing for the payment of deposit by any person erecting or constructing a building to ensure its proper management and maintenance and for the forfeiture of the deposit;
(e)
providing procedure to control and restrict short-term letting of parcels in subdivided building or land;
(f)
prescribing that any act or omission in failing to comply with any of the regulations shall be an offence and provide the penalties for the offence either by way of fine or imprisonment or both provided that any fine so provided shall not exceed fifty thousand ringgit and a term of imprisonment so provided shall not exceed three years;
(g)
prescribing offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used in, and the method and procedure for, compounding such offences;
(h)
providing for the collection of maintenance charge and contribution to sinking fund, and the maintenance, control and administration of the maintenance account and sinking fund account; or
(i)
providing generally for the performance of the functions, the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the duties of the developer, joint management body, management
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corporation or subsidiary management corporation under the provisions of this Ordinance.