Powers to require building, wells, tanks, etc., to be secured.

If any building, tank reservoir, pool depression or excavation in a municipal area, is, for want of sufficient repair, protection or enclosure, dangerous to the persons dwelling or working therein or in the neighbourhood thereof or to persons passing by, the Municipality may, by notice, require the owner or occupier thereof to repair, protect or enclose the same, and if the requirement of such notice is not complied with, the Municipality shall forthwith take at the expense of the owner, any steps which it thinks necessary for the purpose of averting imminent danger.