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(3) No person shall obscure or deface any street name or building number.
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33. (1) In any case where under this Ordinance the Building Authority is authorized to recover the cost of works carried out by him or caused to be carried out by him, he may certify under his hand the cost due and names of the persons liable therefor, and may by such certificate apportion such cost among such persons.
(2) Such cost may include-
(a) the cost of materials supplied by the Building Authority for the purpose of carrying out such works; and
(b) supervision charges.
(3) A copy of the Building Authority's certificate shall be served upon each person affected thereby.
(4) Interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the expiry of 1 month from the date of such service shall be recoverable as part of such cost.
(5) The payment of such cost by any person shall be without prejudice to his right to recover the same from any person liable to pay the expenses of the repair of, or of other building works in connexion with, any building or land. (Amended 72 of 1980, s. 11)
(6) Without prejudice to any other remedy of the Building Authority for the recovery of such cost, the same may be recovered as a debt due to the Crown. (Replaced 13 of 1966, Schedule)
(7) The writ of summons in connexion with such action shall be taken to have been duly served if it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the writ was left at the defendant's residence or place of business, or in case the same is unknown, that it was left at the building or on the land in respect of which the claim is made. (Amended 72 of 1980, s. 11)
(8) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Building Authority, made under the provisions of subsection (1), and setting forth that the cost claimed is due or payable to the Building Authority and that the person sued is liable for the payment thereof, and specifying the nature and particulars of the claim shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified therein and of the signature of the Building Authority thereto.
(9) At any time before such costs and any interest accrued thereon has been wholly recovered, a memorial of the certificate referred to in subsection (1) may be registered in the Land Office against the title of any premises or land in respect of which such cost arose, and upon such registration the cost and any interest accrued or thereafter accruing shall-
(a) be recoverable by action in Court in accordance with the provisions of this section from any person who from such
Recovery of costs of works by Building Authority.
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