Section 71
of Strata Management Ordinance, 2019
Section 71
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Where a sum becomes recoverable by a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, from a subsidiary proprietor under this Ordinance, the management corporation or the subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, may serve on the subsidiary 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 fourteen days from the date of service of the notice.
(2)
If any sum remains unpaid by the subsidiary 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 claim before the
Tribunal or in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of the said sum or, as an alternative to recovery under this section, resort to recovery under section 72.
(3)
Any subsidiary proprietor who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the written notice under subsection (1)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or 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.
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(4)
All monies, fees, contributions or other charges which may be lawfully claimed by the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation under subsection (1) from a subsidiary proprietor and until such monies, fees, contributions or other charges so paid, the said sum due to the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation shall be a first charge on the parcel.