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(4) On the hearing the magistrate may make such order for the inspection, at any hour of the night or day, of the said domestic building or any part thereof as the circumstances of the case may require. Such order shall continue in force for a period not exceeding one month.
61. No room fitted with bunks or beds shall be so fitted fittings for sleeping
as thereby to provide sleeping accommodation for a greater accommoda- number of persons then are by law permitted to occupy the
tion.
Kitchen not to be used as sleeping
room.
room.
62. Any room of a tenement house used as a kitchen shall not be used as a sleeping room, and the householder or tenant thereof shall be responsible that such kitchen is not so used.
Disements not to be occupied without permission.
Conditions
which must be fulfilled before a basement can be occupied as a habitation.
Conditions under which a hasement can be
occupied as a shop, basement or factory.
Basements.
63. It shall not be lawful, without the written permission of the Council, to live in, occupy, or use, or to let or sub-let, or to suffer or permit to be used, any basement for habitation or for occupation as a shop, workshop, or factory, or for the preparation or storage of food, and no basement shall be so used unless it is well lighted and ventilated, and is free from damp and is rendered rat-proof to the satisfaction of the Council.
64. The conditions under which alone it shall be lawful to live in, occupy, or use, or to let or sub-let or to suffer or permit to be used for habitation any basement shall be--
(i) that such basement is provided with one window at least opening into the external air, and that the total glazed area of such window or windows is at least one-tenth of the floor area of such basement; and
(ii) that no side of such basement abuts against the earth or soil to an average height exceeding 4 feet above the floor level; and
(ii) that throughout the remainder of the height of such basement the ground outside is at least 8 feet distant horizontally from the external wall of such basement; and
(iv) that the area formed between such ground outside and such external wall is not obstructed or covered over either wholly or partially by the erection of structures, coverings or fixtures of any kind whatsoever :
Provided always that the Council may, if it thinks fit, grant permission in writing to obstruct or cover such area in any manner which may be previously approved by the Council.
65. (1) The conditions under which alone it shall be lawful to occupy or use, or to let or sub-let, or to suffer or permit to be used for occupation as a shop, workshop or factory any basement shall be that such basement complies with the provisions of the preceding section, or that such basement does not exceed 30 feet in depth, as measured from the front wall to the back wall, and is lit, ventilated, and main- tained in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Council.
(2) Such shop, workshop, or factory may not be used for habitation except by such number of persons as the Council may authorise in writing, and in every case in which the