Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If, after receiving information of the intention of the owner of any building or land to take any action in respect thereof in compliance with a notice issued under this Act, the occupier refuses to allow such owner to take such action, the owner may apply to the competent court. (2) The court upon proof of such refusal may, by order in writing, require the occupier to give the owner reasonable facility for executing such works, with respect to such building or land, as may be necessary for compliance with the notice, and may also, if it deems fit, order the occupier to pay to the owner the costs relating to such application or order. (3) If, after the expiration of eight days from the date of court's order, the occupier continues to refuse to allow the owner to execute such work, the occupier shall be liable upon conviction, to a fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which he has so continued to refuse. (4) Every owner, during the continuance of such refusal, shall be discharged from any penalties to which he might otherwise have become liable by reason of his default in the execution of such work.