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Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe. - Where any building, or wall, or anything affixed thereto, or any well, tank, reservoir, pool, de- pression, or excavation, or any bank or tree is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, in a ruinous state, for want of sufficient repairs, protection or enclosure, a nuisance or dangerous to persons passing by or dwelling or working in the neighbourhood, the Commissioner may by notice in writing require the owner or part-owner or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner thereof or failing any of them the occupier thereof to remove the same or may require him to repair, protect or en- close the same in such manner as he thinks necessary ; and if the danger is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, imminent, he shall forthwith take such steps as he thinks necessary to avert the same.