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Proceedings to abate over-crowding of inte- riors of buildings. -- (1) Whenever the Council considers the interior of a building is so overcrowded as to be or to be likely to become dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants of that or of any neighbouring building, the Council may cause proceedings to be taken before an Executive Magistrate for the purposes of obtaining an order to prevent such overcrowding. 3 ( 2 ) Such Magistrate may, on the praduction of a certificate by a medical officer.atating his opinion that the overcrowding complained of is likely to cause disease or risk of disease and after such further inquiry, if any, as may appear to such Magistrate necessary, require the owner of the buildingg within a reasonable time, not being Inore than six weeks or less than ten days, to abate the number of lodgers, tenants or other inmates of the said buildings to such extent as he shall deem necessary to prescribe, or may pass such other order as he shall deem just and proper. ( 3 ) If the owner of the said building shall have let the same, the landlord of the lodgers, tenants or other actual inmates of the same shall, for the + , purposes 02 this section, be deemed. 80 be the owner of the building. -. ( 4 ) It shall be-incumbent on any hownext to.whom a requisition is.issue&,under sub-rection (21, f~rth- with to. give to so many of the dodgers,- tenant8 ' or other actwar inmates o,f the said building as may be neceseary t~ fulfil the conditions prescribed in ouch requisition, written notice to vacate the said building within the period specified in such requiei- tion, and any such lodgere, tenant. or inmates recei- ving such notice shall be bound to.comply therewith. ( 5 1 ' ~ n y owner who after the date specified in' any requisition i'ssued under sub-section ( 2 1 permits the overcrowding of any building in contravention of such requisition, 'and any person who omits to-vaqqtg any sxich building in accordance with the notice given to him under sub-section ( 4 1 , shall, on conviction, be punished .with fine which may extend to ten rupees for eaoh day subsequent to the date specified in such se- quisitian during which such , or such omi- ssion to vacate, continues.