Lawgist17Power to have repairs executed and recover cost
1[17. Power to have repairs executed and recover cost.-- If the owner fails to comply. with a notice issued under sub-section (1) of section 16, the Military Engineer Services or the Public Works Department may, with the previous sanction of the Officer Commanding the station and notwithstanding any right of reference conferred by that section, cause the repairs specified in the notice to be executed at the expense of 2[the Central Government], and the cost thereof, or, where a reference has been made, the amount finally determined by the civil court, may be deducted from the rent payable to the owner.]
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1. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for section 17.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "the Government".
- 5 Liability of houses to appropriation
- 6 Conditions on which houses may be appropriated
- 7 Procedure for taking house on lease
- 8 [Repealed.]
- 9 Sanction to be obtained before a house is occupied as a hospital, etc
- 10 Houses not to be appropriated in certain cases
- 11 Time to be allowed for giving possession of house
- 12 Surrender of house when to be enforced
- 13 Option in certain cases for owner on whom notice is issued under section 7 to call upon the Government to purchase
- 14 Provision where house is held on long lease by a tenant
- 15 Power for owner to refer to civil court on question of rent
- 16 Power for owner to refer to civil court on question of repairs
- 17 Power to have repairs executed and recover cost
- 18 Notice to be given of devolution of interest in house in cantonment
