(1) No notice or bill shall be invalid merely on account of any defect in the form.
(2) When any notice requires any act to be done for which no time is fixed by this Act, the notice shall fix a reasonable time for doing the same.
(3) In the event of non-compliance with the terms of the notice the Board may take such action or such steps as may be necessary for the doing of the act thereby required to be done, and all the expenses thereby incurred by the Board shall be paid by the person or persons upon whom a notice was served, and shall be recoverable in the manner provided in section 188.
187. Whoever disobeys or fails to comply with any lawful direction given by any written notice issued by or on behalf of a Board under any power conferred by this Act, or fails to comply with the conditions subject to which any permission was given to him by the Board shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, If the disobedience of failure is not an offence punishable under any other section, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees and to a further fine not exceeding five rupees for everyday during which the said disobedience or failure continues after conviction:
Provided that when the notice fixes a time within which a certain act is to be done, and no time is specified in this Act, it shall rest with the Magistrate to determine whether the time so fixed was reasonable time within the meaning of this Act.
Defective form of notice; fixation of reasonable time and consequence of noncompliance.
Punishment for disobedience to orders and notices not punishable under any other section.
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