Clause 7

Section 46 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections: —“(1) The Comptroller may allot a number to or alter the number of any property and may require the owner of the property to fix the number in a conspicuous place on the outside of such property or at the entrance of the enclosure of the property, or change, replace or refix the number within a prescribed time.(1A) The Comptroller may, if he thinks fit, undertake the fixing, changing, replacing or refixing of the number of the property and the expense of such fixing, changing, replacing or refixing shall be determined by the Comptroller and paid by the owner of the property.(1B) The allotment to and fixing of a number on the outside of any house or building which has been erected in contravention of any written law shall not prevent the person who has contravened such law from being prosecuted thereunder and from being liable to the penalty under such law, or the unauthorised house or building from being demolished under such law.”.