MUHAMAD NAZRI MUHAMAD v. JMB MENARA RAJAWALI & ANOR
COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
VERNON ONG LAM KIAT JCA, SURAYA OTHMAN JCA, HAS ZANAH MEHAT JCA
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: W-02(NCVC)(A)-2057-10-2018]
14 OCTOBER 2019
[2019] CLJ JT (7)

LAND LAW: Strata title - Management corporation - Joint management body ('JMB') - Maintenance charges - JMB resolved that mandate could be given to joint management committee ('JMC') to fix maintenance charges - JMC fixed different rates for maintenance charges for residential, retail shop and car park parcels - Whether mandate given to JMC valid and enforceable - Whether JMB/JMC possessed legal power or authority to fix different rates - Whether imposition of different rates for maintenance charges contrary to and ultra vires provisions of Strata Management Act 2013

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Interpretation of Act - 'in proportion to the allocated share units' - Strata Management Act 2013, ss. 21(2) & 25(3) - Whether read or construed as fettering ambit of joint management body's power to determine rate of maintenance fee - Whether provisions in Strata Management Act 2013 prevents joint management body of condominium from fixing different rates of charges for different types of units

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