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Power to prohibit re-erection of building on inaccessible sites.— (1) If any building so situated as to be inaccessible to a fire-engine or as to cause obstruction to a fire-engine from reaching other buildings is demolished or destroyed by fire or otherwise, the Commissioner may by a notice in writing addressed to the owner of the building demolished or destroyed as aforesaid, direct that no building shall be erected which would be inaccessible to a fire-engine or which would cause obstruction to a fire-engine from reaching other building. (2) No person shall erect or re-erect any building in contravention of a notice, vide sub-section (1).