Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Commissioner to take proceedings for repairing or enclosing dangerous places.— (1) If any place is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, for want of sufficient repair, protection or enclosure, or owing to some work being carried on thereupon, dangerous to passengers along a street, or to persons, other than the owner or occupier of the said place, who have legal access thereto to the neighbourhood 1 These words were inserted by Bom. 19 of 1930, s. 15(a). 2 This proviso was substituted by Bom. 58 of 1956, s. 21(1). 3 These words, brackets and figures were inserted by Bom. 7 of 1950, s. 28(d). 4 These words, brackets and figures were inserted by Bom. 58 of 1956, s. 21(9). 5 The brackets and letter “(a)” were inserted by Bom. 12 of 1935, s. 2(1). 6 These words were substituted for the words “any moveable board on wheels” by Bom. 19 of 1930, s. 15(d). 7 These words, brackets, figures and letter were added by Bom. 12 of 1935, s. 2(2). 1888 : III] The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 261 thereof, he may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier thereof to repair, protect or enclose the said place or take such other step as shall appear to the Commissioner necessary, in order to prevent danger therefrom. (2) The Commissioner may, before giving any such notice or before the period of any such notice has expired, take such temporary measures as he thinks fit to prevent danger from the said place. Any expense incurred by the Commissioner in taking such temporary measures shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the place to which the said notice refers. Lighting of streets