Strata Titles Act 1985 · Updated to 1 Apr 2021 · Part IV · Provisional Block: Issuance of Strata Titles
23C. Determination and computation of rent
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the Land Administrator shall determine the amount of rent;
and
the Registrar shall—
make a memorial on the register and issue documents of titles to the lot, the date that the rent of the lot ceased to be effective and rent of parcel or provisional block comes into operation, notwithstanding anything contained in the title of the lot; and
endorse on the documents of strata titles with the amount of rent.
The Registrar shall make a memorial or an endorsement to the existing issue document of title of the lot and the existing issue document of strata title pursuant to subparagraph (b)(i) or (ii) when those titles are produced to him.
Registrar
“Registrar” means— (a) in relation to strata titles which are dependent on Registry titles, the Registrar of Titles or Deputy Registrar of Titles for the State; and (b) in relation to strata titles which are dependent on Land Office titles, the Land Administrator for the District;
The rent reserved in respect of parcel or provisional block shall becomes payable from the beginning of the calendar year.
rent
“rent” has the meaning assigned to it under section 5 of the National Land Code and includes any annual sum payable to the State Authority of any parcel or provisional block pursuant to section 4C by way of rent and any fees due to the State Authority in respect of any arrears of rent provided by rules under section 81;
In relation to the existing documents of strata titles, the rent of parcel or provisional block becomes payable from the beginning of the calendar year.
existing documents of strata titles
“existing documents of strata titles” means any documents of strata title registered and issued before the coming into operation of section 4C;
In relation to the documents of strata titles registered after the coming into operation of section 4C, the rent becomes payable from the beginning of the calendar year next following.
The rent payable in relation to any calendar year shall fall due in full on the first day of that year and, if not sooner paid, shall be treated for the purpose of this Act as becoming in arrears on the first day of June in that year.
For the purpose of subsection (6), subsection 94(2) of the
National Land Code and the modification as stated in paragraph 1 of the
Twelfth Schedule to the National Land Code shall be applicable.
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For the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), the rent of parcel or provisional block—
parcel
“parcel”, in relation to a subdivided building, means one of the individual units comprised therein, which (except in the case of an accessory parcel) is held under separate strata title, and in relation to a subdivided land, means one of the individual units of land parcel; *NOTE— The National Land Code has been revised as the National Land Code. Strata Titles 13
shall be computed on the basis of a rate per square metre for each parcel, or parcel and accessory parcel, or provisional block, as the case may be; and
the arrears of rent of the lot may be—
included in proportion to the share units and provisional share units; or
recoverable by any other manner prescribed.
Where the rent computed in relation to any parcel or provisional block is or includes a fraction of a ringgit, it shall be rounded up to one ringgit or to the nearest ringgit above the amount so computed, as the case may be.
provisional block
“provisional block” means— (a) in relation to a subdivided building, a block in respect of a building proposed to be, or in the course of being, erected on building or land, for which a separate provisional strata title is applied for; (aa) in relation to a subdivided land, a block in respect of the proposed land parcels, for which a separate provisional strata title is applied for; (b) in relation to a certified strata plan, such a block shown therein, for which a provisional strata title is to be registered; and (c) in relation to a book of strata register, such a block shown therein, for which a provisional strata title has been registered;
The provisions of this section shall have effect subject to any remission or rebate of rent granted or allowed pursuant to rules made under paragraph 81(1)(aa) and to any authorization granted for the payment by installments or deferment of payment of any rent.