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Powtr tq tJttcutt works of tmprovement in slum areas and to rtcovtr expenses.- (l) If a notice under section 5 requiring the owner to execute works of im· provement is not complied with within tlte period specified in the notice or • • ' • - -------- . 153 within such further time as the competent authority may give for sufficient reasons, the competent authority may itself execute the works required to be done by the notice. (2) All expenses incurred by the competent authority under thi! section, together with interest at such rate as the Govtrnment may by ordcr fix from the date when a demand for the expenses is made until payment, may be recovered by the competent authority from the owner as arrears of public revenue due on land: Provided that if the owner proves that he- ( a) is receiving the rent merely as agent or trustee for some other person; and (b) has not in his hands on behalf of that otht"1 pe1son "ntfficient money to satisfy the whole demand of the authority, his liability shall be limited to the total :tmount of the money which he lms in his hands as aforesaid. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for lhe time being in force, all expenses incurred by the competent authority under this section shall constitute a first charge on the land or building concerned, sub- iect to the charges for any tax or cess payable to the Government .