(1) If a notice under Section 4 requiring the owner of the buildings or of the land on which the building stands as the case may be, to execute works of improvement is not complied with, then after the expiration of the time specified in the notice the competent authority may itself do the works required to be done by the notice.
(2) All expenses incurred by the competent authority under this section, together with interest, at such rate as the State Government may, by order, fix, from the date when a demand for the expenses is made until payment, may be recovered by the competent authority from the owner of the buildings or of the land on which the building stands, as the case may be, as arrears of land revenue ;
Provided that if the owner proves that he-
(a) is receiving the rent merely as agent or trustee for some other person; and
(b) has not in his hands on behalf of that other person sufficient money to satisfy the whole demand of the authority, his liability shall be limited to the total amount of the money which he has in his hands as aforesaid :
Provided further that if the competent authority is satisfied that owner does not have means to carry 5 / 23 out the orders under the notice, it may provide facility to deposit the amount of the expenses incurred without interest in as many equal instalments as the competent authority deems proper.
[5A. Special slum improvement in certain slum areas. - (1) If the State Government is satisfied that circumstances in any slum area exist which render it necessary for it to take immediate action for the improvement of the slum, it shall, by notification, declare such slum area to be under special slum improvement and thereupon the competent authority shall from such date as the State Government may, by order direct, execute the work of improvement in such area without giving notice to the occupiers thereof as required by Section 4.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (1) the provisions of Chapter III shall apply mutatis mutandisto the special slum improvement.
(3) The expenses incurred by the competent authority under sub-section (1) together with interest at such rate as the State Government may specify, may be recovered by the competent authority from the occupiers of the buildings or of the land in such slum area, in such manner and to such extent, as the State Government may prescribe.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this section "work of improvement" includes community work which shall mean such work of improvement which is for the collective benefit of the occupiers of buildings or of the lands in slum area under special slum improvement.]