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(2) Every person who defaces any copy of a magistrate's order, which has been affixed to any building or premises, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

re nuisances.

28.-(1) The competent authority to deal with nuisances Competent under this Ordinance shall be, unless the context otherwise re- authority quires, the Chairman of the Council or any officer deputed by him in that behalf.

(2) Whenever the existence of a nuisance under this Ordinance is brought to the attention of the competent au- thority as hereinbefore defined, such authority shall serve a notice on the author of the nuisance or, if such person cannot be found, on the owner of the building or works in respect of which complaint is made, and such notice shall specify the nature of the nuisance and the manner and the time within which it is to be abated, and in the case of refusal or neglect to comply with the requirements of such notice such authority shall summon such person or owner before a magistrate, who, either in addition to inflicting or without inflicting a penalty under any section of this Ordinance, may make an order directing such person or owner to abate such nuisance within a time to be fixed by such magistrate: Provided that nothing in this section contained shall prevent a conviction under this Ordinance, without service of such notice, in any

case in which, in the opinion of the magistrate, service of such notice ought not reasonably to have been required.

(3) 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 competent authority to abate the nuisance; and all expenses incurred by such authority in causing such nuisance to be abated as aforesaid shall forth- with 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.

(4) Whenever the demolition of any building or works or any part thereof shall take place under any order made under sub-section (3) it shall be lawful for the competent 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.

(5) In case the person liable to pay the same shall not forthwith pay all expenses incurred by the competent 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.

(6) Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall affect any other remedy for the abatement of nuisances.

(7) Notices issued by the Council relating to nuisances Form of shall be in the form in Schedule B with such modifications nuisance as may be necessary.

notice.

Schedule B.