Clause 38

All expenses incurred by the Building Authority in or about the execution of any work pursuant to any provision of this Act, together with interest accruing in accordance with subsection (3), shall be recoverable from the person who is the owner of the premises on the date on which the works are completed and, as from the date of the completion of the work, the expenses and interest accrued due thereon shall be, until recovered, a first charge on the premises and on all estates and interests therein, exercisable against the premises and the estates and interests therein and all movable property or crops for the time being found thereon, notwithstanding any change in the ownership or occupation of the premises subsequent to that date.

The Building Authority may certify under his hand the expenses due and the names of the persons liable therefor and may by such certificate apportion the expenses among those persons and a copy of the certificate shall be served upon each of those persons, but where no such persons may be found, the certificate shall be deemed to have been duly served if a copy thereof is posted at the office of the Building Authority and another copy thereof is affixed to some conspicuous part of the premises in respect of which the expenses have been incurred.

Interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the expiry of one month from the date of service of a certificate under subsection (2) shall be recoverable as part of the expenses incurred by the Building Authority.

A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Building Authority and to be made under subsection (2) and setting forth the amount claimed as due to the Building Authority and the persons as liable for the payment thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified therein and of the signature of the Building Authority thereto.

If any sum or any part thereof due to the Building Authority under this Act remains unpaid at the expiration of one month commencing from the date of service of the certificate under subsection (2), or such further period as the Building Authority may allow, it shall be deemed to be arrears and the provisions of sections 67 to 74 of the Local Government Integration Act [Cap. 166] shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to its recovery by the Building Authority.