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Every building in a slum area to be • registe,ed.-(1) Within sixty days from the- date of declaration of any area as slum area under sectit')n 3, the owner of every building in such s] urn area shall apply to the competent au.hot1ty for the r~gistTation of such bmlding and also furnish to the com· ,petent authority such particulars as may be required by it. - 152 (2 j As soon as may be after the declaration of any area as a slum area under r.ection 3, the competent authority shall- ( a) prepare records for the slum area, comprising a plan of the slum area, and a register enumerating every building thereon with adequate particulars thereof; and ., (b) issue to the owner of every building in tbe sJum area a registra· tion card showing the particulars of the building concerned. • CHAPTJ;R II I SLUM IMPROVEMENT 5 Power to require e (tculion of works of improvement to slum areas or buildmg therein.-( 1) Where the competent authority upon report from any of its officers or otherwise IS satisfied that any slum area or part thereof can be improved so as to conform to the interests of the health, s1fety or convenience of the residents of that area or of its neighbourhood, or that any building in any slum area can be Improved ~o as to l'ender it fit for human habitation consistent with safety, health or morals and •f in its opinion such improve- ment can be c:irried out at a reawnable expense, it may serve upon the owner of o;uch slum area or part thereof or such building a notice requiring him to execute the works of improvement specified ther .:an wtthin such time, • not being less than thirty days, as may be specified in the notice: Provided that where the owner of the building is different from the owner of the land on which the buddmg stands and the works of improve- • rnent requ1red to be executed relate to provision of water taps or bathing ... places or construction of firams, open or covered or provision of water·borne latrines or removal of rubbish and mrh works are to be exec~ted outside tbe building, the notice ~ha11 also be ~erved upon the owner of the land: Provided further that before :,erving a notice under thts sub-section, the competent authority sha ll consult the Chief Town Planner or any officer of the Town Planning Department of the Government authorised by the Government m this behalf (2) In addition to srrving a notice under sub-section ( 1) on the owner concerned, the competent authority shall serve a copy or the notice on any other person having an interest in the slum area or part thereof or building I or the land on which the buildmg stands, whether as lessee~ mortgagee or otherwise. (3) In det~~mining, for the purposes of this Act, whether an improve- ra ment can be carr1ed out at a rec1St>nable expense. regard shall be had to the '-' estimated cost of the works of improv~ment and the estimated value that tbe slum area or part thereof or the bUJld• ng will have when the ~orks are completed.