SECRETARY TO ACT IN DEFAULT

SECRETARY TO ACT IN DEFAULT.— Where any person fails to comply with a requisition made by the Secretary under sections 426, or section 427, or section 428 or section 429, the Secretary may, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken against such person, cause the act or the work mentioned in that section to be done and the expenses incurred thereby may be recovered from such person in such manner as arrears of property tax under this Act.