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If any building or land, whether tenantable or otherwise, is-

(i) in an insanitary, filthy or unwholesome state;

(ii) in the opinion of the Executive Officer, a nuisance to persons residing in the neighbourhood;

(iii) overgrown with prickly-pear or rank and nuisance vegetation;

The Executive Officer may, by notice in writing, require the owner, lessee or occupier of such building or land to clean, lime-wash internally or externally, clear, or otherwise put such building or land in a  proper state within such period as may be specified in the notice.

Any person who fails to comply with the notice issued under sub-section (1) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and, in the case of a continued offence, with an additional fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees for each day after the first during which the offence continues.

Under section 143 of the Cantonments Act, the Executive Officer may, by notice in writing require the owner, lessee, or occupier of any land in the Cantonment to clear away and remove any thick or noxious vegetation or  undergrowth which appears to be injurious to health or offensive to persons residing in the neighbourhood.

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