Section 93

If the person on whom a notice to abate a nuisance has been served under section 92 fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof within the time specified therein, or if the nuisance although abated since the service of the notice is in the opinion of the local authority likely to recur on the same premises, the local authority may cause a complaint relating to such nuisance to be made before the Court of a Magistrate and the

Court may thereupon issue a summons requiring the person on whom the notice was served to appear before it.

If the Court is satisfied that the alleged nuisance exists, or that although abated it is likely to recur on the same premises, the Court shall make an order against the author of the nuisance requiring him to comply with all or any of the requirements of the notice or otherwise to abate the nuisance within a time specified in the order and to do any works necessary for that purpose; or an order prohibiting the recurrence of the nuisance and directing the execution of any necessary works to prevent the recurrence;

or an order requiring abatement and prohibiting the recurrence of the nuisance and directing the execution of any necessary works.

Where the nuisance proved to exist is such as to render a dwelling unfit, in the judgment of the Court, for human habitation, the Court may issue a closing order prohibiting its use as a dwelling until in the judgment of the Court it is fit for that purpose;

and, if the nuisance arises from the nature of the dwelling and not from the use to which it has been put, may further order that no rent shall be payable by the occupier in respect of the period for which the closing order exists. On the Court being satisfied that the dwelling has been rendered fit for human habitation, the Court may terminate the closing order and by a further order declare the dwelling habitable, and thereafter the dwelling may be let or inhabited, but notwithstanding any such last-mentioned order, further proceedings may be taken under this section in respect of the dwelling in the event of any further nuisance occurring or of the dwelling being again found to be unfit for human habitation.

Closure of overcrowded premises.