Section Text
Where in a cantonment any building, or wall, or anything affixed thereto, or any well, tank, reservoir, pool, depression, or excavation, or any bank or tree, is, in the opinion of the1[Board],2[in a ruinous state or] for want of sufficient repairs, protection or enclosure,2[a nuisance or] dangerous to persons passing by or dwelling or working in the neighbourhood, the1[Board]3[by notice in writing may] require the owner4[or part-owner or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner thereof, or, failing any of them, the occupier] thereof5[to remove the same or may require him to repair],6[or to protect or to enclose] the same in such manner as it thinks necessary; and, if the danger is, in the opinion of the1[Board], imminent, it shall forthwith take such steps as it thinks necessary to avert the same.
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1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".
2. Inserted by Act 7 of 1925, section 7.
3. Substituted by Act 8 of 1944, section 6, for "may, by notice in writing".
4. Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 38.
5. Substituted by Act 8 of 1944, section 6, for "either to remove the same or to repair".
6. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 38, for "protect or enclose".