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If, within any municipal area, any land or building, by reason of its being abandoned or unoccupied :- (a) is in a filthy or unwholesome state or (b) has becomes a resort of – i. Idle and disorderly Persons, or ii. persons who have no ostensible means of subsistence or cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves, or (c) is used for gambling or immoral purposes or (d) is likely to occasion a nuisance. The Chief Municipal Executive Officer/Municipal Executive Officer may, after due enquiry, by notice, in writing, require the owner or the part owner or any person claiming to be the owner or the part owner of such land or building, or the lessee, or any person claiming to be the lessee thereof to – Prohibition of nuisances. Control of pollution. Power to require wells, tank etc. to be rendered safe. Quarrying, blasting, cutting timber or building operation. Power to stop improper use of land or building. i. secure, enclosed, cleanse or clear such land or building, or ii. stop use of such land or building for gambling or immoral Purpose or iii. abate the nuisance Within such time as may be specified in the notice, and affix a copy of such notice on the door of the building or on some conspicuous part of the land as the case may be.