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( 1) Wher.e any iievelopinent has been commenced·, or l!i bei!IJJ carried on or has been compfeted i"n contravention · of the master "tllitn' · ot" without th$ pe~missj<J~ rE>fened to .in s_ub-sect!qn (2) ar SI1C~ion .11 or.in con- tl!llyention pf any c~;~nditions sul>ject to. which such perri'li5sioii . hils ~eel) srant"p, ,tlia orriwn, planner may ·in ·addition ~o 'anv: .pio·sec'iition · l'lllW may be i"nstltuted under this Regulatloii, make an . oiiler clirecti'n!'J'' "tliaf'iit.ci'i• d.e!~El(!>Prn"l)t .sllaU be ,removed by demolition fillin!J. .. Ot ()th!'rwise. bv: the owne'i the"reof or bY 'tfie person af wi\'Osl11nstance·1fte cfeVellf(irnent : has befili com- . menced or is being carried out or has- ll'E!iin·eompfeted~·wrthm soch periOd' fl'lcW ::being less than five days and more· than· f.iofteen days from ~he date on INhich a ':copy of the order of removal, with a brief ·stat!lment af the reasons therefor, . : has been delivered to the owner or that failure to comply with the order," the ~Town Planner may remove or cause to be removed the development and the :':expenses of such removal shall be recovered from the owner or the person at · 'whose instance the development was commenced or was being carried out or was completed as arrears of land revel"iua: Provided that no such order shall be made unless the owner or the person concerned has, ,been; given a reasoAable· opportunity to show cause why the order should not be made. •·. . .. (l} Jhe provisiqns ~f th~ \19Ctiori shall ·be. in adaitiOn to, and hot in derogation of' any other provision relating to d'a'molition of buildings contained . jn any other law for the time baing in force. !':,w-;a:,lo . 18, (;) Where any development !n a.nv area has b_ea·~ commenced !ri cone me~t P- travent1on o~ the master· plan' or Without· the·· perm1ss1on referred to m sub- . section (2) of section 11 or in contravention of any conditions subject to which such permission has been granted, the Town Planner may, in addition to arw pro- secution that may be instituted under this. Re!julation •. rna~ an order requiring the development to be discontin·ued on and from the date of the service of the order, and 'sUch order shall' be" complied witli' accord!'ngly. (·2), Where such de1l'elopment is not discoutinued in pursuance of the order· under sub•section· (-1), tlie Town Planner may in writing require .any. police officer to• remove the person by whom the development has been commenced and all his assistants and workmen from the place of development · or to seize any construction material, tool, machinery, scaffolding" or other tliings used' in such development within such time as may be specified in ttJe .. requisition and such police officer shall comply with the requisition accordingly: (3) Any of the things caused to be seized by the Town Planner under sub-section (2)' sliall! unless the owner thereof turns up to take back such· things and pays to the Town Planner the charges for the' removal or storage of such things, be disposed· of by him by public auction or any other manner and within such as time as he thinks fit. ( 4) The charges for the removal and storage of the things sold under sub-section (3). shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale thereof and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the things sold on a claim being made-therefor within a period of one year from the date of sale, and if no such claim is made within the said period, shall be credited to the Consolidated Fund of India. (5) After the req~,risition under sub-section (2) has been complied with the Town Planner may depute by a written order a p~ice officer· or an: !lffic;e· or employee of the Administration to watch the place in order to ensure thattlier d&velopment is not continued. • • ...... THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE; DECEMBER 19, 1994 'IJ (cj Any parson faiiing to comply with an order under sub-section ('i) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees for elie,Y day during which the non-compliance continues after the service of the order. (7) No compensation shall be · claimable . by any person for any damage which he may sustain in consequ~nce cf t:,., removal of any development under section 17 or the discontinuance of the development under this section. (8) The provisions of this section shall be in addition io, and not in deroga- tion of, any other provision relating to stoppage of building operations contained in any other law for the time being in force.