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Buildings.
[s. 132 cont.] Ordinance and the person who has signed any such plan, certificate or notice shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.
Power of magistrate to require compliance with Ordinance.
(2) Every material divergence or deviation from the work shown in any plan approved by the Building Authority, unless such divergence or deviation has received the written approval of the Building Authority shall be deemed a contravention of this Ordinance. In respect of any such divergence or deviation which is not so approved, every owner, agent, architect, engineer or clerk of works who condones such divergence or deviation and every contractor employed in the building who carried out such divergence or deviation shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars in respect of every such divergence or deviation. Every material divergence or deviation from the work shown in such plan shall be reported in writing to the Building Authority within seven days from the date on which such divergence or deviation occurred, by the authorized architect whose duty it is to supervise such work. Failure on the part of such authorized architect to furnish such report to the Building Authority within the above-mentioned period shall render such authorized architect liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and such failure shall be deemed prima facie evidence of condonation by such authorized architect of such divergence or deviation.
(3) In the case of any contravention of this section, a magistrate shall also have power to order the building works or any portion thereof to be forthwith altered or demolished so as to comply with the requirements of this Ordinance and to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.
[6(6), (7)]
Exceptional building defined.
Exceptional Buildings.
133. For the purposes of this Ordinance, "exceptional building" includes—
(a) every public building, factory, workshop, bakery, brewery, distillery, pawnshop, every building intended for special uses, every building made wholly or partly of reinforced concrete, every
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CAP. 123]
Buildings.
[s. 132 cont.] Ordinance and the person who has signed any such plan, certificate or notice shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.
Power of magistrate to require compliance with Ordin- ance.
(2) Every material divergence or deviation from the work shown in any plan approved by the Building Authority, unless such divergence or deviation has received the written approval of the Building Authority shall be deemed a contravention of this Ordinance. In respect of any such divergence or deviation which is not so approved, every owner, agent, architect, engineer or clerk of works who condones such divergence or deviation and every contractor employed in the building who carried out such divergence or deviation shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars in respect of every such divergence or deviation. Every material divergence or deviation from the work shown in such plan shall be reported in writing to the Building Authority within seven days from the date on which such divergence or deviation occurred, by the author- ized architect whose duty it is to supervise such work. Failure on the part of such authorized architect to furnish such report to the Building Authority within the above- mentioned period shall render such authorized architect liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and such failure shall be deemed prima facie evidence of condonation by such authorized architect of such diver- gence or deviation.
(3) In the case of any contravention of this section, a magistrate shall also have power to order the building works or any portion thereof to be forthwith altered or demolished so as to comply with the requirements of this Ordinance and to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.
[6(6), (7)]
Exceptional building defined.
Exceptional Buildings.
133. For the purposes of this Ordinance, "exceptional building" includes—
(a) every public building, factory, workshop, bakery, brewery, distillery, pawnshop, every building intended for special uses, every building made wholly or partly of reinforced concrete, every
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