Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If any Court, yard or passage which is used in common by the occupants of two or more buildings, but is not a public street, is not regularly swept and kept clean and free from rubbish or other accumulation to the satisfaction of the Health Officer, he may cause such Court, yard or passage to be swept and cleansed. (2) The local authority may recover any expenses reasonably incurred by the Health Officer under sub-section (1) from the occupants of the buildings which front or abut on the Court or yard, or to which the passage affords access, in such proportions as may be determined by the Health Officer.