7. Owner of building not to collect maintenance charges without Commissioner’s approval
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Where a building which is intended for strata subdivision has been completed, before, on or after 15th April 1976, the person who is the owner or developer of the building shall not collect any charges for the maintenance and management of the building from the purchasers of flats comprised in the building without the prior written approval of the Commissioner.
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a management corporation of a subdivided building to obtain the prior written approval of the Commissioner to collect contributions for the maintenance and management of the subdivided building under section 35 of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158).
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Buildings appointed under section 3;