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the removal, alteration or demolition of the whole or part of the partitions or other erections or obstructions complained of; and

the execution of such alterations or structural operations as are necessary to render the premises fit for human habitation and to guard against danger of disease.

The notice shall specify the period, which shall not be less than seven days, within which the work is to be completed.

If the notice has not been complied with, a Magistrate’s Court may, on the application of the local authority, make a mandatory order requiring the owner to carry into effect all or any of the things specified in the said notice.

Any person who without the express sanction in writing of the local authority replaces any partition, erection or obstruction removed under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment and to a further fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit for each day after conviction during which the work is not

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carried out, and the local authority may enter upon such premises and remove such partition, erection or obstruction.

The local authority may for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of subsection (1), by notice to be posted in a conspicuous position upon the building, require the owner or occupier, as the case may be, to cease to inhabit the building and to remove all goods, furniture and effects from the building within forty-eight hours from the posting of the notice, or within such extended period as the local authority may allow.

The owner and every occupying tenant shall thereupon comply with the requirements of the notice.

Any owner or occupier in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day during the period in which he has failed to comply with the requirements of the notice.

Notwithstanding subsection (7), at the expiration of forty-eight hours from the posting of the notice or such extended period under subsection (5), the local authority may remove all goods, furniture and effects from the building.

Overcrowding of houses