Procedure to be followed before issuing order of requisitioning

(1) Before issuing any order requisitioning a building under section 3 or section 4, the competent authority— (a) shall call upon the landlord or any other person who may be in possession of the building by notice in writing to show cause, within fifteen days from the date of the service of such notice on him, why the building should not be requisitioned; and (b) may, by order direct that neither the landlord nor any other person shall, without the permission of the competent authority, dispose of or structurally alter the building or let it out to a tenant until the expiry of such period, not exceeding two months, as may be specified in the order. (2) If, after considering the cause, if any, shown by the landlord or other person in possession of the building, the competent authority is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do, he may, by order in writing, requisition the building and may make such further orders as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in connection with the requisitioning.