Prakas 177: Procedures and regulations for issuing certificates of occupancy for buildings built before the construction law came into force
The purpose of this Prakas:
- Ensure quality, safety and security, public order, construction aesthetics good
environment and welfare of building owner, user and public.
- To prevent and control the risk from the using of no quality and insecure building.
- The protection of public and other public entity properties
- Raise the economic value of construction
- Manage construction data effectively
Article 2:
The goal of this Prakas:
- Determine the Authority of granting, suspension and revoking the certificate of
occupancy.
- Determine the procedures of granting, suspension and revoking the certificate of
occupancy for Construction Built Prior to the Enforcement of Construction Law.
- Determine the technical provision as the basic of granting, suspension and revoking
the certificate of occupancy.
Article 3
This Prakas has practical extent to all type of construction which required the construction
permit and built prior to the enforcement of construction law below:
- The construction without construction permit
- The construction which built different from construction permit
- The construction with a construction permit but the certificate of confirmation or letter
of construction closure.
Article 4:
In the duration of 2 years after the enforcement of construction law, all construction owner
needs to apply for the certificate of occupancy from the competence authority in case the
building required the construction permit.
The construction owner which built before December 20, 1997 can apply for the certificate of
occupancy from the competence authority.
Article 5:
The competence authority will grant the certificate of occupancy for the construction which
built without construction permit or different from construction permit in case that
construction is harmless to the users and public and not affect to the public order.
For the construction built after April 03, 2015 the certificate of occupancy can be provided
only when the owner pays the penalty in the principle set by Sub-decree No.42 dated April
03, 2015 about the urbanization of city town and urban area and Sub-decree No.76 dated June
09, 2015 about the correction of Article 30, Article 34 Article 38, Article 50, Article 66,
Article 74, and Article 82 of Sub-decree No.42 dated April 03, 2015 about Urbanization of
city, town and urban area.....
[Prakkas 177 Procedures and regulations for issuing certificates of occupancy for buildings built before the construction law came into force]