Town and Country Planning Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Jun 2021 · Part IV · Planning Control
26. Offences relating to unauthorized development
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uses or permits to be used any land or building in contravention of section 18;
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commences, undertakes, or carries out, or permits to be commenced, undertaken, or carried out, any development in contravention of section 19 or 20;
commences, undertakes, or carries out, or permits to be commenced, undertaken, or carried out, any development where the planning permission or the approval of the building plan, as the case may be, in respect of the development has been revoked pursuant to section 25; or
commences, undertakes, or carries out, or permits to be commenced, undertaken, or carried out, any development after the planning permission or the approval of the building plan, as the case may be, in respect of the development has been modified pursuant to section 25 and the development so commenced, undertaken, or carried out is inconsistent with the modified permission or approval, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding
*five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine which may extend to **five thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after the first conviction for the offence.
Unless the contrary is proved, the owner of the land in respect of which any act that constitutes an offence under subsection (1) is done shall be deemed to have permitted the doing of that act.
owner
“owner”, in relation to any land or building, means— (a) the registered proprietor of the land; (b) if, in the opinion of the local planning authority, the registered proprietor of the land cannot be traced, his agent or trustee; Town and Country Planning 15 (c) if the registered proprietor of the land is dead, his legal personal representative; (d) if none of the persons mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) exists, the person who for the time being is receiving the rent of the land or building, whether on his own account or as an agent or trustee of another person or as a receiver, or who would be receiving the rent if the land or building were let;