Building or rooms in buildings unfit for human habitation

Building or rooms in buildings unfit for human habitation.-(1) If, for any reason, it shall appear to the Council that any building or any room in a building intended for or used as a dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the Council shall given to the owner or occupier of such building notice, in writing, stating such reasons, and signifying its intention to prohibit the further use of the building or room, as the case may be, as a dwelling, and shall in such notice call upon the owner or occupier aforesaid to state, in writing, any objection thereto within 30 days after the receipt of such notice and if no objection is raised by such owner or occupier within such period as aforesaid, or if any objection which is raised by such owner or occupier within such period appears to the Council invalid or insufficient, the Council may, by order in writing prohibit the further use of such building or room as a dwelling.

1. (2) When any such objection as aforesaid has been made, the Council shall cause notice of such prohibition to be affixed to, and then leters ‘U.H.H.’ to be painted on the door or some conspicuous part of such building or room, as then case may be, and the owner or occupier of such building or room shall use or suffer the same to be used for human habitation until the Council certifies, in writing, that the building or room, as the case may be, has been rendered fir for human habitation.