Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
If it appears to the Commissioner that any or unoceupi* building or structure is abandoned or unoccupied or ed premises. ^as become a resort of disorderly person or is by reason of its conditions seriously detrimental to the interest of the neighbourhood, the Commissioner may give written notice to the owner of such building or structure if he be known and resident within the city, or to any person who is known or believed to elaim to be the owner, if such person is resident within the city, and shall also affix a copy of the said notice on some conspicuous part of the said building or structure requiring all persons having any right or interest therein to take such order regarding the said building or structure as may, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be necessary to prevent the same from being resorted to as aforesaid or from being seriously detrimental to the amenities of the neighbourhood. Reelrm ation 345. (1) If for any reason it appears to the of lowdying Commissioner that the level of the site on which it is * ’ u ,‘ proposed to erect or re-erect a building is so low that such building is likely to become insanitary or likely to be a source of nuisance, he shall give to the owner of the building proposed to be erected a notice as to why the said site should not be reclaimed with such mate rials and raised to such height and within such period not being less than six months from the date of the notice as he shall think fit and the said notiee shall specify the cost at which, if so desired by the owner the required work can be performed by municipal agency. 185 K (2) If no objection is raised within such period as aforesaid, or if any objection which is raised appears to the Commissioner to be invalid or insufficient, he may by notice in writing direct such owner er occupier— (a) to carry out such reclamation and raising of the height within the period specified : or (b) within thirty days after the receipt of the said notice to pay to the Commissioner, the estimated cost of performing the * work by municipal agency. (3) In any case in which the estimated cost of the reclamation has not been paid to the Commis- *. sioner, and the owner fails to carry out the work of reclamation within the period specified in the notice under sub-section (2), the Commissioner may recover from him the estimated cost of the work as stated in the notice issued under sub-section (1) or so much thereof as he may consider necessary to complete the work, and shall carry out and complete the work: Provided that in case of hardship the Com missioner may realise the amount in instalments after completion of the work. Removal of