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Buildings.
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[s. 137 cont.] or knowingly permit to be used any building with respect to which a non-domestic permit has been issued as domestic building.
Shoring and fencing of dangerous building.
Taking down dangerous building.
(3) If, after receiving such certificate from an authorized architect, the Building Authority or any officer deputed by him shall discover that in certain respects such building does not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and of all regulations made thereunder, the Building Authority may require the authorized architect who signed such certificate to pay a fee of fifty dollars (which shall be paid into the Treasury) for each further inspection and no permit that such building shall be occupied shall be issued by the Building Authority until he shall have received a further certificate as aforesaid signed by an authorized architect.
(4) If the Building Authority does not, within fourteen days of the receipt of the aforesaid written certificate, notify the owner or his architect or other representative that the building is not in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, such building may be occupied: Provided that in the event of any contravention of this section, the occupier and also the owner shall be liable for such contravention, unless such owner proves that such occupation has taken place without his knowledge or consent. [116]
Dangerous buildings.
138. Every owner of a building which may be declared by the Building Authority, or an officer deputed by the Governor in Council in that behalf, by an order in writing to such owner, to be dangerous, shall cause the same to be shored or otherwise properly secured and shall erect, in such manner as may be directed by the Building Authority, or an officer deputed as aforesaid, a proper fence or hoarding for the protection of passengers. [117]
139. Buildings rendered dangerous by fire, wind or other cause of whatsoever nature, to such an extent as, in the opinion of the Building Authority, or an officer deputed by the Governor in Council in that behalf, necessitates their being taken down partly or wholly or otherwise made safe shall, upon the service on the owner of an order in writing from the Building Authority, or an officer deputed as aforesaid,
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