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Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For any contravention of this section there shall be liable not only the labourer doing the work but also the permit-holder and likewise the contractor or foreman under whom such labourer is working.
Earth cutting.
as to earth
123. It shall not be lawful for any person to cut or Regulations remove earth, sand, clay or turf, or to collect, extract, split, cutting etc. blast or remove stones, from any land not under lease from Schedule M. the Crown, except subject to the regulations contained in Schedule M. or without the permission in writing of the Director of Public Works, or in such manner as shall under- mine or in any way prejudically affect or endanger the stability of any bank or of any land or property adjoining.
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section or of any such regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
For any contravention of this section there shall be liable not only the labourer doing the work but also the permit-helder, and likewise the contractor or foreman under whom such labourer is working.
Powers and duties of the Building Authority as to entry and inspection.
inspect
124. (1) The Building Authority. or any officer Power to deputed by him for the purpose, may at any time enter and enter and inspect any building for the purpose of ascertaining whether buildings. the requirements of this Ordinance are carried out in relation thereto or whether any building is dangerous, and in the event of his discovering that the requirements of this Ordinance have been contravened in any particular, or that any building is dangerous, the owner thereof or his duly authorised agent shall, upon receipt of an order in writing from the Building Authority, stop the operations upon such building until such contravention has been rectified or such building has been taken down or rendered safe. Every person in charge of the erection of any building shall provide planks, ladders, or other reasonable means of access to every part of such building to facilitate the inspection, and the Building Authority shall have power to do any thing to any such building which he may consider necessary for the purpose of making an efficient inspection thereof.
(2) For the purpose of inspecting any building or wall Openings believed to be in a dangerous condition the Building may be
in building Authority, or an officer deputed as aforesaid, may cause such made. openings to be made therein as he may deem fit: Provided that at least twenty-four hours notice in writing of his intention to make any such openings shall be given to the owner or his duly authorised agent.