Section 142

Where a local authority or Health Officer has incurred expenses for the repayment whereof the owner of the premises for or in respect of which the same are incurred is

* See Corrigenda at page LXXv of 1960 Annual Volume.

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made liable under this Ordinance or by an agreement with the local authority or Health officer, those expenses may be recovered, together with interest at a rate not exceeding four ringgit per centum per annum from the date of service of a demand thereof until payment thereof, from any person who is the owner of the premises when the works are completed for which the expenses have been incurred, and until recovery of the expenses and interest the same shall be a charge on the premises which may be registered in accordance with the provisions of the Land Ordinance [Cap. 68.].

Legal proceedings.