Power to Require Land or Building to Be Cleansed
1[141 . Power to require land or building to be cleansed
(1) If any building or land, whether icnantable or otherwise, is--
(i) in an insanitary, filthy or unwholesome state; or
(ii) in the opinion of the Executive Officer, a nuisance to persons residing in the neighbourhood; or
(iii) overgrown with prickly-pear or rank and noisome vegetation;
the Executive Officer may, by notice in writing, require the owner, lessee or occupier of such building or land to clean, lime-wash internally or externally, clear, or otherwise put such building or land in a proper state within such period as may be specified in the notice.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with the notice issued under sub-section (1) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and, in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees for each day after the first during which the offence continues.]
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1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 91, for section 141 w.e.f. 1-10-1983.