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(1) If it appears to the Board of Councillors that the condition or the situation of any land, being private property, is such as threatens the stability or security of any hillside or bank or any immovable property 344 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. XXII of 1993.] (Part V1L—Urban and Regional Planning and Development.— Chapter XX.—Municipalities in hill areas. —E. Safety of the hillside.—Sections 322-324.) thereon, the Board of Councillors may, by written notice, require the owner of the land to do all or any of the following things, namely:— (a) to construct and maintain a revetment, retaining-wall or toe-wall upon any part of the land; or (b) to reconstruct, enlarge, strengthen, alter or repair any revetment, retaining-wall or toe-wall already standing on the land; or (c) to turf the land or any portion thereof; or (d) to slope the land or any portion thereof. (2) If any owner to whom a notice is issued, represents to the Board of Councillors, within fifteen days of the service of the notice, that the work required by the notice will directly or substantially benefit the owners of any adjacent buildings or land, the Board of Councillors may, after hearing all the owners concerned, cause the said work to be executed; and the expenses thereby incurred shall be recovered from all or any of such owners in such proportion as the Board of Councillors may direct.