Power of Board to order work to be carried out or to carry it out itself in default

(1) The Board may,-

(a) if any person permitted to carry out the work relating to the forming of the extension or lay-out or the making of a street, does not carry it out ; or

(b) if any private street or part thereof is not levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, sewered, conserved or lighted to the satisfaction of the Board,

by notice, require the person forming the extension or lay-out or the owners of such street or part and the owners of buildings and lands abutting such street or part, including in cases where the owners of the land or the building thereon are different the owners both of the land and of the building, to carry out any work which, in its opinion, may be necessary and within such time as may be specified in such notice.

(2) If any such work is not carried out within the time specified in the notice under sub-section (1), the Board may, if it thinks fit, execute it and the expenses incurred shall be paid by the persons or owners referred to in sub-section (1) in such proportions as may be determined by the Board, such expenses may be recovered from the persons concerned as if they were arrears of land revenue.