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which he makes default in complying with the requirements of such notice
after such conviction.
23. Where any person shall have provided in connection with any
building in any sanitary district a movable ashpit conforming with
the requirements of any by-law or order made under any statutory
power or authority, in that behalf, it shall be lawful for the sanitary
authority of that district by notice in writing to require the owner of such
building to remove or fill up any fixed ashpit in or about such building
and restore to a good and sanitary condition the site of such ashpit within
a reasonable period to be prescribed in such notice, and if such owner
fails to comply therewith within the period so prescribed he shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings
and to a further fine not exceeding ten shillings for every day during
which he makes default in complying with such notice after such conviction:—
Provided that the sanitary authority may if in the circumstances of
any particular case they think fit bear any reasonable costs and expenses
or part thereof incurred in executing work under this section.
24. (1) If the sanitary authority of any sanitary district have reasonable
cause to suppose—
(a) That any articles in any house or part thereof in that district
are in such a condition as is described in the section of this
Act of which the marginal note is "Filthy, dangerous, or unwholesome
articles to be purified " ; or
(b) That any house or part thereof in that district in infested with
vermin.
such sanitary authority may enter on such house or part thereof and
may inspect and examine the same and any articles therein for the purposes
of the sections of this Act of which the marginal notes are respect
tively " Filthy, dangerous, or unwholesome articles to be purified " and
" Houses imested with vermin to be cleansed."
(2) The sanitary authority of any sanitary district shall have a right
to enter at all reasonable times any house, building, or premises or part
thereof in that district for the purpose of examining whether there is
any contravention of the provisons of this part of this Act or any noncompliance
with the requirements of any notice given thereunder respectively.