Section 56

Where a Medical Officer of Health or a Public Health Engineer is of the opinion that any premises, whether tenantable or otherwise, are in a filthy or unwholesome state or overgrown with rank or noisome vegetation or in such an insanitary or unhygienic condition as to be a danger to the health of the persons in the premises or in the neighbourhood, he may serve a notice on the owner or the occupier of the premises calling upon him to take such measures as he considers necessary to restore the premises to a fit and proper condition within such time and date as may be specified in the notice.

Any owner or occupier who fails or neglects to comply with such notice within the time and date specified therein shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $50 for every day during which such non-compliance continues, and without prejudice to any proceedings under this subsection and whether before or after the commencement or conclusion of such proceedings, the Medical Officer of Health or the Public Health Engineer or any public officer authorised by the Commissioner in that behalf in writing may enter upon the premises and take such measures as have been specified in the notice, and the costs and expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the person in default and may be recovered in the manner provided under section 121.[57