(1) No person shall, without the consent of the Board interfere with, injure, destroy or render useless, any work executed or any material or thing placed in, under, or upon any land or building, by or under the orders of the Board with the object of preventing the breeding of mosquitoes therein.
(2) If the provisions of sub-section (1) are contravened by any person, the Board may re-execute the work or replace the materials or things, as the case may be, and the cost of doing so shall be recovered from such person in the same manner as an amount claimed on account of any tax recoverable under Chapter X.
Health Officer’s powers in case of default.
Protection of antimosquito works.
Prohibition of interference with such works.
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117. For the purposes of enforcing the provisions contained in sections 111 to 116 (both inclusive), the Executive Officer, the Health Officer or any other officer of the Board not below the rank of Health Inspector may at all reasonable times after giving such notice in writing as may appear to him reasonable, enter and inspect any land or building and the occupier or the owner, as the case may be, of such land or building, shall give all facilities necessary for such entry and inspection and supply all such information as may be required of him for the purpose aforesaid.
118. Whoever, having been served with a notice under section 113 requiring him to take action thereunder against the breeding of mosquitoes, fails to comply with such notice shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and if the breach is a continuing one, with further fine which may extend to five rupees for every day after the first during which the breach is proved to have been persisted in.
119. Whoever being the owner or occupier of any land or building, uses, or fails to prevent the use of such land or building in contravention of section 115 shall be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.
120. Whoever in contravention of the provisions of section 116 interferes with, injures, destroys or renders useless anything done by or under the orders of the Board to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
MARKETS.
Public Markets.
121. Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made under clause (xvi) of sub-section (2) of section 200, a Board may establish, control and regulate public markets.
Power of Health staff to enter and inspect premises.
Penalty for breach of section 113.
Penalty for breach of section 115.
Penalty for breach of section 116.
Public markets.
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122. A Board may by public notice close at any time any public market or part thereof.
Private Markets.