Power of the municipal council to order work to be carried out or to carry it out itself in default

Power of the municipal council to order work to be carried out or to carry it out itself in default. (1) The municipal council may,- (a) if any person who applies for permission under section 170 and is permitted expressly by the municipal council to carry out himself the works relating to the forming of the extension or lay-out or the making of a street, does not so carry it out; or (b) if any private street or part thereof is not levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, sewered, drained, conserved or lighted to the satisfaction of the municipal council, 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 fronting or abutting on such street or part, including in cases where the owners of the land and of 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 municipal council may, if it thinks fit, execute it or cause it to be executed 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 municipal council. Such expenses may be recovered from the persons concerned as if they were arrears of land revenue.