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Building unfit for human habitation.- (1) If any building or portion thereof, intended for or used as a dwelling-place appears to the Commissioner to be unfit for human habitation he may apply to the standing committee to prohibit the further use of such building for such purpose, and the standing committee may, after giving the khatadar and occupiers thereof a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why such order shall not be made, make a prohibitory order as aforesaid. (2) When any such prohibitory order has been made, the Commissioner shall communicate the purport thereof to the khatadar and occupier of the building and on expiry of such period as is specified in the notice, not being less than thirty days after the service of the notice, no khatadar or occupier shall use or suffer it to be used for human habitation until the Commissioner certifies in writing that the causes rendering it unfit for human habitation have been removed to his satisfaction or the standing committee withdraws the prohibition. (3) When such prohibitory order has remained in operation for three months, the Commissioner shall report the case to the standing committee which shall thereupon consider whether the building shall not be demolished. The standing committee shall give the khatadar not less than thirty days notice of the time and place at which the question shall be considered and the khatadar shall be entitled to be heard when the question is taken into consideration. (4) If upon such consideration the standing committee is of opinion that the building has not been rendered fit for human habitation and that steps are not being taken with due diligence to render it so fit and that the continuance thereof is a nuisance or dangerous or injurious to the health of the public or to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, it shall record a decision, to that effect with the grounds of the decision, and the Commissioner shall, in pursuance of the said decision by notice, require the khatadar to demolish the building.