(1) The Sanatorium Local Authority may refuse to sanction the erectiod or re-erection of a building, sanction such erection or re-erection either Ily or subject to such conditions as it impose in respect of all or any of the atpt?, namely :-- assage or way to be left in front > , * 'i 1947 : T.N. Act XVJ[1 ,Tuberculosis 8m~toria 981 (Regulation of Buildings) ! (b) the open space to be left about the building t.o secure free circulation of air and the prevention of fire and to facilitate scavenging ; & . I (c) the ventilation of the buildik, the d n i - mum cubic area of the rooms and the number and height of the storeys of which the building may consist;
(d) the provision and position of drains, latrines, urinals, and cess-pools or other receptacles for rubbish or filth ;
(e) the level and width of the foundation, the level of the lowest floor, and the stability of the stiucture;
(f) the line of frontage, with neighbo~xing buildingsif the building abuts on a street ;
(g) the means of egress from the building in case of fire ; d - (Ii) the materials to be used for, and the method of construction of, extenial and partition walls, rooms, floors, fire-places and chimneys ;
(i) the heigltr and slope of the roof above the upper most floor on which h~lrnan beings are to live or cooking is to be done ;
( j ) any other matter affecting the ventilatior and sanitation of the buildings.
(2) Any conditions ilnposed utlder sub-section
(1) shall be in writing and the p~cson crecting or rcerecting thc b~lildiug shall comply 1~11~i'cwith ill every particular .
t '[(3) Every sanction given u~ldcr sub-section (1) shall specify the purpose for which the buiiding is to be used J -- This su b-section was lidded by section; bi the Madras Tuberculosis Sanatoria (Regulation of Buildings) Amendment Ad, 1949 \ (M&u Act XLI of 1949).
I 1947 : T.N. Act .XVI I j ~apwof 8. Every sanction given for the erection or resanction, erection of a building shall be available for a period of one year from the date on which it is given, and if the sanctionea erection or ~e-erection is not commeneed within that period, it shall not be commenced thereafter, unless the Sanatorium Local Authority on application made therefor has extended the period.
I Punishmt 9. '[(I)] Whoever begins, continues or completes for ilIogaI the zrectjon cjr re-erection of a buildingmecticm or rc-etoction. (a) before such erection or re-erection has been sanctioned by the Sanatorium Local Autho it y, or ( b ) without complying with any condition imposed under section 7, or I (c) when sanction has been refused by the Sanatorium Local Authority, or after the sanction has ceased to be available by virtue of the provision oontained in section 8 shall be punished with fine which may extend t .I five hundred rupees.
[(2) Whoever uses a building for a purpose other than that specified in the sanction givc,~ far its esection or re-erection, whether such sanction was give11 before or after the uommencement of the Wadras Tuberculosis Sanatoria (Regulation of Buildings) .4mendment Act, 1949, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred nlpees.
Explanation.-Where in a sanction given before the commencement of the Amendment Act aforcmid, ' the purpose for which the building is to be used has ' not been specified, the purpose specified in the application for sanction as that for which it was intended to use the building shall be deemed to be the purpose specified in the sanction.] . --- -- I Section 9 was renumbered as sub-section (1) and sub-sections (2) , an431 were addd by 4 of the Madras TubmulosisSanatoria t (Ro ulation of Build~np) Amendment Act, 1949 (Madras Act xrf a iw).
" l[(3) Whoever after having been convicted of an ./offence under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), continues to commit such offence, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred h e s for each ' day after the previous date of conviction during which he continues so to offend.]
I I (b) to altcr or demolish, witliin ;uch time as may be specified in th: notic.:, any buil iis~g or any part thereof, if, in the opinion of such a ~thoi :ty, the * erection or re-erection of such building 3: psrt constituted, or will constitute, an O~I- .ce under I section 9.
(2) If any directidn given under clause (b) of sub-section (I) is not complied with, within the time specified therefor in the notice, the Snnat c r ium Local Authority may have such direction carrid into effect I at its cost and have the amount thereof recove, ~ ' d from the defaulter in such manner as may he authorized by the rules.