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When work may be commenced.— (1) No person shall commence to erect any building or to execute any such work as is described in section 342— (a) until he has given notice of his intention as hereinbefore required to erect such building or execute such work and the Commissioner has either intimated his approval of such building or work or failed to intimate his disapproval thereof within the period prescribed in this behalf in section 345 or 346; 1[(aa) until he has given notice to municipal 2[city engineer] of the proposed date of commencement. Where the commencement does not take place within seven clear days of the date so notified, the notice shall be deemed not to have been given;] (b) after the expiry of the period of one year prescribed in sections 345 and 346 respectively, for proceeding with the same. (2) If a person, who is entitled under section 345 or 346 to proceed with any building or work, fails so to do within the period of one year prescribed in the said sections, respectively, for proceeding with the same he may at any subsequent time give a fresh notice of his intention to erect such building or execute such work, and thereupon the provisions hereinbefore contained shall apply as if such fresh notice were a first notice of such person’s intention. 3[347A. Building not to be converted to other purposes without the permission of the Commissioner.— No person shall, without the written permission of the Commissioner,— (a) use or permit to be used for human habitation any part of a building not originally constructed or authorised to be used for that purpose, or (b) convert into, or use, or permit to be used, as a chawl or building intended to form a range for separate rooms or lodgers, a building not originally designed or authorised to be so used.] 4[347B. Building for human habitation not to be used as godown, etc.— No person shall without the written permission of the Commissioner or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of such permission use or permit to be used any building or any part of a building originally constructed or 1 Clause (aa) was inserted by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 50. 2 The word “city engineer” were substituted for the words “executive engineer” by Bom. 19 of 1930, s. 6. 3 Section 347A was inserted by Bom. I of 1916, s. 7. 4 Sections 347B and 347C were inserted by Bom. 76 of 1948, s. 25. 1888 : III] The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 267 authorised to be used for human habitation as godown, warehouse, workshop, workplace, factory, stable or a motor garage.] 1[347C. No alterations to be made in building for human habitation without written permission of Commissioner.— No person shall without the written permission of the Commissioner or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of such permission make any alteration or cause any alteration to be made in an existing building originally constructed or authorised to be used for human habitation for the purpose of using it or causing it to be used as a godown, warehouse, workshop, workplace, factory, stable or motor garage.] Provision as to Structure, Materials, etc.