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the authorised architect who signed such report to pay a fee of fifty dollars (which shall be paid into the Colonial 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 authorised architect.
(3) 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.
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Dangerous buildings.
be
111. Every owner of a building which may and fencing declared by the Building Authority, or an officer of dangerous deputed by the Governor in Council in that behalf, building.
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.
Taking
112. Buildings rendered dangerous by fire, wind or down danger- other cause of whatsoever nature, to such an extent ous building as, in the opinion of the Building Authority, or an officer deputed by the Governor in Council in that be- half, 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 afore- said, declaring that such building is in a dangerous condition and must be taken down partly or wholly or otherwise made safe and specifying the time within which the work is to be done, be taken down or made safe by such owner accordingly.
Shoring or taking down dangerous building at cost of
owner.
Procedure
in cases of
emergency.
Powers of magistrate in case of dangerous building.
113.-(1) If the owner of a dangerous building can- not be found, or if, on such notice in writing as aforesaid, he refuses or neglects within the time fixed in such notice to shore or otherwise properly secure or to take down such dangerous building or such portion thereof as may be declared to be dangerous by the Building Authority, or an officer deputed as aforesaid, such dangerous building or such portion thereof shall, without delay, be shored or otherwise properly secured or taken down by persons employed by the Building Authority who shall be entitled to recover the cost thereof from the owner.
(2) In all cases of emergency, the Building Authority or an officer deputed as aforesaid, may cause the necessary work to be done without any notice what- ever, the cost of such work being recoverable from the owner.
The decision of the Building Authority or of an officer deputed as aforesaid, that the particular case is one of emergency, shall be final and binding on all persons.
114. It shall be lawful for a magistrate on а representation being made to him by the Building Authority, or by an officer deputed by the Governor in Council in that behalf that the whole or any part of a building, by reason of any crack, settlement or other defect having shown itself in it, or by reason of the materials used or method of its construction
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