PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, 1960.
(No. 30 of 1960).
Basements BY-LAWS, 1961.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance. 1960. the Urban Council has made the following by-laws--
1. These by-laws may be cited as the Basements By-laws, 1961. Citation.
2. These by-laws apply to the urban areas only.
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3. In these by-laws, save where the context otherwise requires- Interpreta- "basement" means any cellar, vault, underground room or any room any side of which abuts on or against the earth to an average height execeding two feet above the level of the floor:
"Council" means the Urban Council.
4. (1) Without prejudice to any other powers which the court Closure of may exercise, on application being made to the court by or on behalf of certain
the Council for the closing of any basement used for the purpose of human habitation, the court shall order the closure of such basement in any case where—
(a) such basement is found by the court to be in such a state as
to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health; or
(b) such basement baving been constructed, reconstructed or con
basements.
verted under the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance, 1955, (68 of 1955, the occupation or use thereof for the purpose of human habita- 1960
Reprint), tion is contrary to the purpose for which such basement was constructed, reconstructed or converted, as the case may be. (2) Any closure order made under the provisions of paragraph (1) sball continue in force until such time as the court is, on application either by the owner or occupier of the basement in respect of which such order was made or by or on behalf of the Council, satisfied that such basement has been rendered fit for human habitation or that it will no longer be used for such purpose.
(3) No person shall occupy any basement during the continuance in force of a closure order made in respect thereof under the provisions of paragraph (1).