Bar to undertake building activity without building pennit or on order of Chief Municipal Officer suspending building activity.

(1) No person shall undertake any building activity without obtaining a building permit prior to the commencement of such building activity except in such cases as may be prescribed. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Chief Municipal Officer may, on receipt of any information or upon his knowledge that any provision of this Act regulating any building activity has been violated, issue an order suspending such building activity, pending the determination of such violation.