(1) If the landlord neglect.<> to make such repairs or to maintain such existing essential supplies and services as he is bound to do under the provisions of section 7 above, the Court may, on the application of the tenant, direct the landlord by notice to appear before it and to show cause against the application of the tenant.
(2) If the landlord fails to show sufficient cause, the Court may direct him to make such repairs or as the case- may be, to take such measures for the restoration of the essential supplies and services as contemplated in section 7 within a period fixed . by the Court.
(3) If the landlord fails or neglects to make such repairs or take such measures within the period fixed by the Court, the Court ma). on applica tion of the tenant permit the tenant to make such repairs or take !)uch measures, as the case may be, at a cost not exceeding the amount deter mined by the Court after taking such evidence as it may consider necessary :
and it shall thereafter be lawful for the tenant to make such repairs or take such measures and to deduct the cost thereof from the rent or to recover the amount from the landlord through the Court by execution, and for the purpose of this sub-section the order of the Court shall be treated as a decree of a Civil Court.