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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
REPRINT
Act 172
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1976
Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006
PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006
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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 172
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1976 Date of Royal Assent ... ... ... … … 18 March 1976 25 March 1976
Date of publication in the Gazette ...
PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint ... Second Reprint ... Third Reprint ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1998 2001 2005
Town and Country Planning LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 172 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1976
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
P ART I PRELIMINARY
Section
1. 2.
Short title, application and commencement Interpretation PART II POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
2A. National Physical Planning Council 2B. Director General of Town and Country Planning 3. 4. 5. 6. General planning policy The State Planning Committee and its functions Local planning authorities Functions of local planning authorities PART IIA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE 6A. Regional planning committee P ART IIB NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLAN 6B. National physical plan
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Laws of Malaysia
P ART III DEVELOPMENT PLANS
ACT 172
Section
7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Survey of planning areas Preparation of draft structure plans Publicity in connection with preparation of draft structure plans Approval or rejection of draft structure plans by Committee Review or alteration of structure plans
11A. Procedure for review of structure plan 11B. Procedure for alteration of structure plan 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Preparation of draft local plans Publicity in connection with draft local plans Inquiries and hearings in respect of draft local plans Approval or rejection of draft local plans Alteration, revocation and replacement of local plans 12A.