Covid-19 Amendment Bill 2021: 5 Changes Affecting Housing Developers and Purchasers

on 16 December 2021, the Dewan Rakyat of Parliament passed the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021. I will refer to this as the Covid-19 Amendment Bill or the Bill.

The Covid-19 Amendment Bill introduces a new Part XIA as additional modifications to housing development laws.

I wanted to touch on the 5 significant amendments that will affect housing developers and purchasers.

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Malaysia’s COVID-19 Act: Contractual Reliefs Extended to 30 June 2021

Malaysia’s Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)  Act 2020 (the COVID-19 Act) (I have written more about the COVID-19 Act here) will see an extension of its key relief on the inability to perform contractual obligations. The relief has been extended to 30 June 2021.
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