Clause 97

If any sum payable by or recoverable from the owner or occupier in respect of costs and expenses incurred by the Government in the execution of any work which is, under this Act, recoverable from the owner or occupier of any premises is not paid by the owner or occupier within 14 days after demand such sum may be reported to a Magistrate’s Court or District Court and recovered in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, as the case may be.

The person liable to pay any sum under subsection (1) shall be the owner at the time when the work was completed.

Any occupier who, when requested by or on behalf of the Commissioner to state the name of the owner of the premises, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully mis-states the same shall, unless he shows cause to the satisfaction of the Court for his refusal or mis-statement, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.