Every building in a slum area to be registered

(1) Within sixty days from the date of declaration of any area as slum area under section 3, the owner of every building in such slum area shall apply to the competent authority for the registration of such building and also furnish to the competent authority such particulars as may be required by it. (2) As soon as may be after the declaration of any area as a slum area under section 3, the competent authority shall— (a) prepare records for the slum area, comprising a plan of the slum area, and a register enumerating every building thereon with adequate particulars thereof; and (b) issue to the owner of every building in the slum area a registration card showing the particulars of the building concerned.