Proceedings before Judge.

(1) If the owner of any building or land is prevented by the occupier therof from complying with any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or by-law or with any requisition made under this Act or under any such rule, regulation or by-law in respect of such building or land, the owner may apply to the Judge. (2) The Judge, on receipt of any such application, may make a written order re­quiring the occupier of the building or land to afford all reasonable facilities to the owner for complying with the said provision or requisition, or to vacate the premises temporarily if the said provision or requisition relates to any action under section 264, involving the safety or convenience of such occupier, and may also, if he thinks fit, direct that the cost of such application and order be paid by the occupier. (3) After eight days from the date of such order, it shall be incumbent on the said occupier to afford all such reasonable facilities to the owner for the purpose aforesaid or to vacate the premises temporarily as shall be prescribed in the said order, and in the event of his continued refusal so to do, the owner shall be discharged, during the continuance of such refusal, from any liability which he would otherwise incur by reason of his failure to comply with the said provision or requisition. (4) Nothing in this section shall affect the powers of the Commissioner under any provision of this Act to cause any premises to be vacated. 418. (1) For the purposes of any inquiry or proceeding under this Act, the Judge may summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses and compel them to give evidence and compel the production of documents, by the same means and, as far as is possible, in the same manner as is provided in the case of a Court of Small Causes by or under 3[the relevant Small Cause Courts Act] and in all matters relating to any such inquiry or proceeding the Judge shall be guided generally by the provisions of the said Act so far as the same are applicable. (2) If, in any such inquiry or proceeding, the person against whom the complaint or application has been made fails to appear, notwithstanding that he has been duly summoned for this purpose, the Judge may hear and determine the case in his absence. (3) The costs of every such inquiry or proceeding as determined by the Judge, shall be payable by such parties and in such proportions as the Judge shall direct and the amount thereof shall, if necessary, be recoverable as if the same were due under a decree of a Court of Small Causes constituted under 3[the relevant Small Cause Courts Act]: Provided that, if such inquiry or proceeding relates to a dispute regarding expenses declared to be improvement expenses by or under any provision of this Act, the amount of the costs directed by the Judge to be paid by the owner or occupier of the premises in respect of which or for the benefit of which the improvement expenses were incurred shall be a charge on such premises and may also be recovered in the manner prescribed in section 442. 419. (1) The 1[State] Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, prescribe what fee, if any, shall be paid :— (a) on any application, appeal or reference made under this Act to the Judge; and (b) previous to the issue, in any inquiry or proceeding of the Judge under this Act, of any summons or other process: Provided that the fees, if any, prescribed under clause (a) shall not, in cases in which the value of the claim or subject matter is capable of being estimated in money, exceed the fees for the time being levied, under the provisions of 2[the relevant Small Cause Courts Act], in cases in which the value of the claim or subject matter is of like amount. (2) The 1[State] Government may from time to time by a like notification determine by what person any fee prescribed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be payable. (3) No application, appeal or reference shall be received by the Judge, until the fee, if any, prescribed therefor under clause (a) of sub-section (1) has been paid.