Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
25. Regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make such regulations as are necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and for the due
Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing)
administration thereof and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, such regulations may —
regulate payments by the purchaser before, during and after the construction of the housing accommodation, including the amount of the payments, the time when the payments become due and the requirements that shall be fulfilled before the licensed housing developer can ask for the payments due;
housing accommodation
“housing accommodation” includes a building or tenement wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or partly for human habitation and partly as business premises;
prescribe forms including the form of the contract that shall be used by a licensed housing developer, his agent or nominee and a purchaser as a condition of the grant of a licence under this Act;
licensed housing developer
“licensed housing developer” means a housing developer holding a licence granted under this Act;
regulate and prohibit the conditions of any contract between a licensed housing developer, his agent or nominee and his purchaser;
prescribe the fees to be paid on the issue of, and annually for, a licence;
regulate the project account including the prescription of moneys which shall be paid into or withdrawn from the project account;
project account
“project account” means an account opened and maintained by a licensed housing developer pursuant to section 14;
prescribe anything required to be prescribed under this Act.
Terms defined in s 2
housing accommodation
Defined · s 2“housing accommodation” includes a building or tenement wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or partly for human habitation and partly as business premises;
licensed housing developer
Defined · s 2“licensed housing developer” means a housing developer holding a licence granted under this Act;
project account
Defined · s 2“project account” means an account opened and maintained by a licensed housing developer pursuant to section 14;