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The Board of Councillors shall, when granting permission conditionally or unconditionally to execute the work, specify a reasonable period within which the building or the work is to be completed, and if the building or the work is not completed within the period so specified, it shall not be continued thereafter without fresh permission unless the Board of Councillors, on an application made in this behalf, allows an extension of such period: Provided that the Board of Councillors may, if it considers necessary, require a modification of the building plan, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of inordinate delay in completion of the work.