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to be prescribed in the said order, to abate the overcrowding thereof by reducing the number
of lodgers, tenants or other inmates of the said building. As a temporary regulation it is
hereby prescribed that the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 379 of the City
of Bombay Municipal Act, 1888, shall (mutatis mutandis) apply in the case of any such
requisition by the Commissioner in the same manner and to the same extent in all respects
as if such requisition hid been made by the Chief Presidency Magistrate under the provi-
sions of sub-section (1) of the same section.
For the purpose of enforcing and carrying into effect the said regulation the Commis-
sioner or any Police or other officer as aforesaid may, if necessary, at the expiration of the
time prescribed in the Commissioner's order, require such and so many of the inmates of
the building as the Commissioner may direct, to forthwith vacate the said premises, and
such inmates as are so required shall forthwith vacate accordingly, or if they fail to do so
the Commissioner or any Police or other officer as aforesaid may forcibly remove them and
prevent their re-occupation of such building.
III. — If the Commissioner shall be of opinion that it is necessary that any building
or premises be vacated for the purpose of cleansing or disinfecting or otherwise for the
purpose of checking the spread of disease, he may, by the written notice mentioned in
Section 425 of the Municipal Act aforesaid, require the owner or occupier of such building
to vacate the same within such time as shall be prescribed in the said notice.
As a temporary regulation it is hereby prescribed that when any such requisition has
been made, every inmate or occupier of the building shall, within the time so prescribed,
vacate such building and remove his property and effects and any animals therefrom.
For the purpose of enforcing and carrying into effect the said regulation, the Com-
missioner or any Police or other officer as aforesaid may, if necessary, after the expiration
of such time forcibly remove any person and any property or animal or thing from such
building, and may prevent the reoccupation of such building or any part thereof for so long
as the Commissioner may deem necessary.
IV.—If and whenever any building or part of a building which has been vacated or
deserted by the inmates thereof is found to be fastened or locked up, the Commissioner
may, by a written notice affixed on the door, require that such building or part of a building-
be opened and that all property (if any) therein be removed therefrom within such time,
not being less than 24 hours, as may be prescribed in such notice, and at the expiration of
the time so prescribed the Commissioner or any Police or other officer as aforesaid may
forcibly break open and enter any such building or part of a building and cleanse, disinfect
and ventilate the same and remove and disinfect or destroy any grain, bedding or clothing
or any other goods or articles found therein and may forcibly prevent the reoccupation of
such building or part of a building for so long as the Commissioner may deem necessary.
Y.—For the purpose of preventing the spread of disease, and for carrying into effect
any of the measures contemplated by Section 425 of the Municipal Act aforesaid, the
Commissioner may, without any such previous notice of requisition to the owner or oc-
cupier of a building as in the said last mention ed section provided, himself cause such building
or any part thereof to be cleansed or disinfected and any article found therein to be removed,
disinfected or destroyed.
VI.—The operation of cleansing or disinfecting a building within the meaning of this
notification shall be deemed to include not only the cleansing and limewashing of such
building, but also, if deemed necessary, the removal of the earth or soil of the groundfloor
thereof to a depth of four inches, the removal of the whole or any part of the roof thereof,
the removal of floors, the burning of kerosine oil or any other substance thereon, or any
other measure whatever.
The expense of carrying into effect any of the measures hereby authorized for cleansing
or disinfecting a building shall in the first instance, be defrayed by the Commissioner out
of the Municipal Fund, but shall, at his discretion, be recoverable from the owner or
occupier of such building under the ordinary provisions of the Municipal Act aforesaid, in
the same manner, in all respects, as if the work had been done after notice and after
failure to comply with notice within the meaning of Section 489 of the same Act.
VII.—Save such compensation, if any, as the Commissioner may, in his discretion,
allow under sub-section (4) of Section 4-27 of the Municipal Act aforesaid, no person shall
be entitled to recover any compensation by way of damages or otherwise for the destruction
or disinfection of any article removed or dealt with as hereinbefore provided.
The owner of any moveable property in any building dealt with under the powers
hereby conferred shall be responsible for taking charge of such property at the time when
any action is taken under such powers, or in the case of an article requiring disinfection,
so soon as the same has been disinfected, and in default of his so doing, the officer in charge
of the operations may cause such property to be placed wherever he may think fit, and
neither the owner nor any person interested therein shall have any claim for compensation,
damages or otherwise in respect of loss of or damage to such property, however caused,
during the removal thereof or at any time thereafter.
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