(1) If a notice under sub-section (1) of section 6 is not complied with, then, after the expiration of the time specified in the notice, the prescribed authority may itself execute the works required to be executed by the notice.
(2) All expenses incurred by the prescribed authority under this section, together with interest, at such rate as the Government may, by order, fix from the date when a demand for the expenses is made under payment, may be recovered by the prescribed authority from the owner of the slum area or part thereof or of the building or of the land on which the building stands, as the case may be, as arrears of land revenue and all such expenses and interest shall constitute a charge upon the slum area or part thereof or the building or the land on which the building stands, as the case may be;
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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 prescribed authority.
his liability shall be limited to the total amount of the money which he has in his hands as aforesaid.