Powers to close down brothels.

On the complaint of the Municipality or of three or more respectable inhabitants of a municipal area that a house in the municipal area is used as a brothel, or by disorderly persons of any description, to the annoyance of the respectable inhabitants of the vicinity, or that any such house is used as a brothel in the neighbourhood of any educational institution, boarding-house or place of worship, any Magistrate of the First Class having jurisdiction in the place where the house is situated may summon the owner or tenant of the house, and on being satisfied that the house is so used and that it is source of annoyance or offence to the neighbours, or that it is in the neighbourhood of any educational institution, boarding-house or place of worship, may order the owner or tenant to discontinue such use of it and if such owner or tenant fails to comply with order within five days, the Magistrate may impose upon him a fine for which the house has been so used.