Section 18, The Freetown Improvement Short title

(I) If such building be begun without such notice havingbeen given and, where a plan is required, without such plan having been furnished, or without the approval of the Director of Public Works within the said one month, or otherwise not in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the owner and builder thereof shall be deemed to have committed an offence and shall for every such offence be liable, upon summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds; and the Director of Public Works may, at any time before or within twelve months next after the completion of the building, make complaint thereof before a Police Magistrate, who, upon being satisfied of the default of such owner or builder, shall order such building to be altered, taken down or demolished as the case may require, and upon failure of the owner or builder within one month from the date of such order to alter, take down or demolish the building, the Director of Public Works may cause it to be altered, taken down or demolished pursuant to such order, and the expenses, incurred by the Director of Public Works in respect thereof shall be repaid to him by the M failing to comply with the provisions aforesaid, and shall per;;on verable as damages. bR reco - The Director of Public Works sha:ll be under no ~iability (2) erson in consequence ?f anythmg. ~one or o~mtte~ to ~ 0 ~ny ~y him in accordance with the provlSlons of thiS sectiOn. be ctone 30 of 1&53. U the commencement of any building and also upon Notification