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Section 21, An Act to amend the Crown Lands Ordinance, 1960
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If the Director of Public Works has reasonable groundsfor believing that any of the provisions of this Ordinance have not
been or are not being complied with in respect of any building, whether
such building has been completed or is in the course of construction,
he may enter upon any land for the purpose of inspecting the
building, and may enter and inspect the building; and any owner,
occupier or builder refusing to admit he Director of Public Works or
to afford him reasonable facilities for the purpose of inspection shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction, to
a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds and to a further fine not
exceeding ten pounds for every day during which the offence
continues:
Provided that in the case of an occupied building the Director
of Public Works shall not, without the consent of the occupier, enter
the building and inspect the interior thereof unless he shall first have
obtained a search warrant as provided in the Criminal Procedure
Alteration of
erected
without
notice.
30 of 1953
of commencement
and completion of
Nonnotification
an offence.
Inspection of
Cap. 39.
638 Cap. 66) Freetown Improvement Freetown Improvement (Cap. 66 639
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