Section 11Part 3 — Nuisances
Failure to obey a closing order
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11. Where a closing order has been made under section 9 with respect to any dwelling- house, the Chief Environmental Health Officer shall serve notice of the order on every tenant of the dwelling-house and within such period as is specified in the notice not being less than seven days (save in case of immediate danger) after the service of the notice the order shall be obeyed by that tenant and that person and all other occupants shall cease to inhabit the dwelling-house, and in default that person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of fifty dollars a day during that person’s disobedience to the order, and the Court shall, upon application by the Chief Environmental Health Officer, make a summary order for that person’s ejectment and the same may be carried into effect by any police officer: Provided that the owner shall make to every tenant whose tenancy has not been lawfully determined such reasonable allowance, if any, on account of that person’s expenses in removing as a Court may allow or order, and such allowance shall be recoverable in a summary manner.