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4.0 UNIFORM BUILDING BY-LAWS

4.1 THE BUILDING BY-LAWS RELATED TO BUILDING PLAN
APPROVAL

Laws are formulated by the Federal Government and passed
down to State Government to be gazette. These laws will be sent

to Local Authorities for adoption and enforcement.

Figure 4.1: The process of UBBL law enforcement

• UBBL Created under Section 133- Street, Drainage and

Building Act 1974 (Act 133).

• Consider as building regulations.

• Set of rules that specify the minimum acceptance level of

safety for constructed objects such as buildings and non-

building structures.

• Administrated by Ministry of Housing and Local Government

• Enforced by Local Authority: City (City Hall, City council),

Municipality (Municipal Council) Rural Area (District Council)

Special & modified local authority (Corporation, Development

Board, Development Authority).

• 151 local authorities in Malaysia (12 city council, 39 Municipal

council, 5 modified authorities.

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