Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Removal of building materials from any premises in certain cases.— If it appears to the Commissioner that any stones, rafters, building materials or debris of building materials are stored or collected in or upon any premises in such quantity or bulk or in such a way as to constitute a harbourage or breeding place for rats or other vermin or is otherwise a source of danger or nuisance or likely to spread any infectious diseases, virus or any infection to the occupiers of the said premises or to persons residing in the neighborhood thereof or generally in the area surrounding thereof, the Commissioner may by a written notice require the owner of such premises, or the owner of the materials or debris so stored or collected therein, to remove or dispose of the same or to take such order with the same as may, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be necessary or expedient to abate the nuisance or prevent a recurrence thereof.