Malaysia legislation
Section 19
Section 19
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Ordinance, the joint management body shall not enter into any contract relating to the management and maintenance of any buildings or lands intended to be subdivided into parcels and the common property for any period exceeding twelve months.
(3)
Where—
(a)
the joint management body incurs any expenditure or performs any repair, work or act that it is required or authorized by or under this Part or under any other written law to perform, irrespective of whether or not the expenditure was
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incurred or the repair, work or act was performed consequent upon the service of any notice or order on it by local authority or any competent public authority; and
(b)
the expenditure or the repair, work or act referred to in paragraph (a) was rendered necessary by reason of any wilful or negligent act or omission on the part of, or breach of any provision of its by-law, by any parcel owner or his tenant, lessee, licensee or invitee, the amount of the expenditure of any money expended by the joint management body in performing the repair, work or act shall be recoverable by it from that parcel owner as a debt in an action in any court of competent jurisdiction or before the Tribunal.
(4)
The provisions of this section shall not be prejudiced by any other provisions in this Part conferring a power or imposing a duty on the joint management body.
Joint management committee