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Improvement of huts. — (1) Where the Council is of opinion that any hut, whether used as a dwelling or for any other purpose, and whether existing on the appointed day or subsequently erected, is by reason— (a) of insufficient ventilation or of the manner in which such hut is crowded together with other huts; or (b) of the want of a plinth or of a sufficient plinth or of sufficient drainage; or 414 Substituted vide the Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 2 of 2026), as per section 3 of the Act the fines and penalties provided under various provisions in the enactments shall be increased by ten percent of the minimum amount of penalty, as the case may be, specified therefor, after the expiry of every three years from the date of commencement of the Act. 125 (c) of the impracticability of scavenging, attended with risk of disease to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, the Council shall cause a notice to be affixed to some conspicuous part of such hut, requiring the owner or occupier thereof, or the owner of the land on which such hut is built, within such reasonable time as may be fixed by the Council in this behalf, to take down and remove such hut or to carry out such alteration or works as the Council may deem necessary for the avoidance of such risk. (2) Where any such owner or occupier refuses or neglects to take down and remove such hut or to carry out such alterations or works within the time appointed, the Chief Officer may cause such hut to be taken down, or such alterations or works to be carried out, in accordance with the requirements of the Council. (3) Where such hut is taken down by the Chief Officer, he shall cause the materials of the hut to be sold, if such sale can be effected; and the proceeds, after deducting all expenses, shall be paid to the owner of the hut, or if the owner is unknown or the title disputed, shall be held in deposit by the Council until the person interested therein shall obtain an order of a competent Court for the payment of the same: Provided that, where any such hut, which had not been constructed in contravention of any law for the time being in force at the time of such construction, is taken down and removed under this section, compensation shall further be paid to the owner or owners thereof and the amount thereof, in case of dispute, shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided in section 315. CHAPTER XIII Drainage