Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Disinfection of buildings, etc.- If the Secretary is of opinion that the cleansing or disinfecting of a building or premises or of a part thereof or of any articles therein likely to retain infection , would tend to prevent or check the spread of any infectious disease he may by notice require the owner or occupier to cleanse or disinfect the same within a time to be specified in such notice: Provided that if the Secretary considers that immediate action is necessary or that the owner or occupier is by reason of poverty or otherwise, unable effectively to comply with his requisition, he may himself cause such building or premises or articles to be cleansed or disinfected and for this purpose may cause such articles to be removed from such building or premises and the expenses incurred under this section shall be recoverable in the manner provided in chapter XIII from the said owner or occupier unless he was by reason of poverty unable effectively to comply with the requisition.