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Magistrate's order empowering abatement
of nuisance.
Recovery of expenses of abatement of nuisance by sale of
materials.
Distress in case of non-payment of expenses.
Saving of other
remedies for nuisances.
Power to enter and inspect buildings.
Buildings.
144. In case the said nuisance shall not be abated within the time limited, it shall be lawful for a magistrate to make an order empowering the Building Authority to abate the nuisance; and all expenses incurred by such authority in causing such nuisance to be abated as aforesaid, shall forthwith be paid by the person against whom the original order to abate such nuisance was made, or failing him by the owner, without prejudice to any right of such person or owner to recover the amount of such expenses from any lessee or other person liable for the same.
[128]
145. Whenever the demolition of any building or works or any part thereof shall take place under any order made under the preceding section, it shall be lawful for the Building Authority, in case of non-payment of the said expenses by the person liable to pay the same to sell and dispose of the materials thereof, without prejudice to any other remedy, and, out of the moneys arising from such sale or disposition, to retain or pay the said expenses, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner.
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146. In case the person liable to pay the same shall not forthwith pay all expenses incurred by the Building Authority in the abating of any nuisance as required by this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for a magistrate, by warrant, to cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such person.
[130]
147. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any other remedy for the abatement of nuisances.
Powers etc. as to entry and inspection.
[131]
148. (1) The Building Authority or any officer deputed by him for the purpose, may at any time enter and inspect any building for the purpose of ascertaining whether 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 authorized agent shall, upon receipt of an order in writing from the Building Authority, stop the operations upon such
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