Legal experts clarify that while Joint Management Bodies have the authority to regulate pets in strata properties, they do not hold an absolute right to impose blanket prohibitions on animals within private residential units.
KUALA LUMPUR: Joint Management Bodies (JMBs) have the authority to regulate pet ownership in condominiums and apartments, but this power should not be interpreted as an absolute right to arbitrarily impose a ban on owners keeping animals in their private residential units.
Lawyer and partner at Messrs Akram Hizri Azad & Azmir, Muhammad Akram Abdul Aziz, said the jurisdiction of JMBs under the Strata Management Act 2013 (Act 757) was subject to statutory by-laws and could not contradict existing statutory provisions.
