Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) A [Municipality]1 may require by notice the owner or occupier of any land or building,- (a) to demolish or to repair in such manner as it deems necessary any building wall, bank or other structure, or anything, affixed thereto, or to remove any tree, belonging to such owner or in the possession of such occupier which appears to the [Municipality]1 to be in a ruinous condition or dangerous to persons or property, or (b) to repair, protect or enclose, in such manner as it deems necessary, any well, tank reservoir, pool or excavation belonging to such owner or in the possession of such occupier, which appears to the [Municipality]1 to be dangerous by reason of its situation, want of repair or other such circumstances. (2) Where it appears to the [Municipality]1 that immediate action is necessary for the purpose of preventing imminent danger to any person or property, it shall be the duty of the [Municipality]1 itself to take such immediate 298 action, and in such case notwithstanding the provisions of section 287, it shall not be necessary for the [Municipality]1 to give notice, if it appears to the [Municipality]1 that the object of taking such immediate action would be defeated by the delay incurred in giving notice. Power to prevent unoccupied buildings or land becoming a nuisance