Housing Development Act 1966 in Malaysia
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (CONTROL & LICENCING) ACT, 1966
This act is mainly to control, giving license for the business of housing development in Peninsular Malaysia, protection of the interest of purchasers and for matters connected herewith. This act was enacted on 1966 and has been revised for the first time on 16 August 1973. There are 7 parts in the act.
1. Part 1 : Preliminary
2. Part 2 : Licensing of Housing Developers
3. Part 3 : Duties of a Licensed Housing Developers
4. Part 4 : Investigation and Enforcement
5. Part 5 : Powers of Minister
6. Part 6 : Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims
7. Part 7 : Miscellaneous
Part 1 : Preliminary
This part tells that this act only applicable in West Malaysia. Besides that, this part explain the saving and exemption of the act; interpretation of each parties relating to the act such as banks, finance company, housing development, license, controller, local authority, purchaser, stakeholder and tribunal; powers of the minister to determine housing accommodation; appointment of controller, deputy controller, inspector and other officers and servants.
Part 2 : Licensing of Housing Developers
These parts explain the prohibition against housing development except by good quality of a license and provision relating to the grant of a license, condition or restrictions for the grant of a license and controller to keep or forfeit deposit.
All the housing development should only be developed by a housing developer who has obtain the license of developer under this act. The housing developer who desires to carry out the housing development shall apply to the Controller for a license and that application shall be made in the prescribed form and every document must be verified. Upon receiving an application for a license under this act, the Controller may grant the license and he may impose any condition to the license. During the application, the applicant shall be paid the fees to the Controller and the
This act is mainly to control, giving license for the business of housing development in Peninsular Malaysia, protection of the interest of purchasers and for matters connected herewith. This act was enacted on 1966 and has been revised for the first time on 16 August 1973. There are 7 parts in the act.
1. Part 1 : Preliminary
2. Part 2 : Licensing of Housing Developers
3. Part 3 : Duties of a Licensed Housing Developers
4. Part 4 : Investigation and Enforcement
5. Part 5 : Powers of Minister
6. Part 6 : Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims
7. Part 7 : Miscellaneous
Part 1 : Preliminary
This part tells that this act only applicable in West Malaysia. Besides that, this part explain the saving and exemption of the act; interpretation of each parties relating to the act such as banks, finance company, housing development, license, controller, local authority, purchaser, stakeholder and tribunal; powers of the minister to determine housing accommodation; appointment of controller, deputy controller, inspector and other officers and servants.
Part 2 : Licensing of Housing Developers
These parts explain the prohibition against housing development except by good quality of a license and provision relating to the grant of a license, condition or restrictions for the grant of a license and controller to keep or forfeit deposit.
All the housing development should only be developed by a housing developer who has obtain the license of developer under this act. The housing developer who desires to carry out the housing development shall apply to the Controller for a license and that application shall be made in the prescribed form and every document must be verified. Upon receiving an application for a license under this act, the Controller may grant the license and he may impose any condition to the license. During the application, the applicant shall be paid the fees to the Controller and the