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| (1) The following new sections are hereby inserted after section 91, and shall have effect as sections 91A, 91B, 91C and 91D, of the principal Act:-
| | 91A.
| | | (1) Notwithstanding anything in any other law, a building provided by the Commissioner or by a building society for occupation by any person or any part of such building shall not be sublet by such person to any other person except with the prior written permission of the Commissioner and except in accordance with such conditions as the Commissioner may impose. |
| (2) Where a building referred to in subsection (1) or any part of such building is sublet in contravention of that subsection by the person to whom such building was provided, the authority by whom such building was provided to that person shall be entitled, to terminate his occupation thereof. |
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| | 91B.
| | | (1) Every person who, by himself or by his agent, does any act which causes damage to any building maintained by the appropriate authority or to any part of the equipment of such building shall be liable to pay to that authority such expenses as that authority may incur in repairing such damage. |
| (2) If any person who is liable to pay any sum of money under subsection (1) fails to pay that sum of money within such period as may be notified in that behalf to that person in writing by the appropriate authority, that authority may report the default to the Magistrate of the division in which that person resides and such sum of money shall be recovered in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by such Magistrate. |
| (3) In this section, the expression " appropriate authority "-
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| | 91C.
| | | (1) The Commissioner or any officer authorized by him in writing in that behalf may, at any time between sunrise and sunset, enter and inspect any building let by the Commissioner or any property which is security for a loan granted from the National Housing Fund, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of such building or property, as the case may be, and it shall be the duty of the occupier of such building or property to give admittance to the Commissioner or such authorized officer and to permit him to inspect such building or property. |
| (2) Where the Commissioner or any officer referred to in subsection (1) is obstructed in the exercise of his powers under that subsection, the person obstructing him shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| | 91D.
| | | (1) The Commissioner may, by written direction, require any person-
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| (2) Every person who furnishes any written information required by the Commissioner under subsection (2) shall verify such information by a declaration that the particulars contained in such information are true and accurate. |
| (3) Every person who, being a person to whom a direction under subsection (1) has been given,-
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| (4) No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted except by, or with the written sanction of, the Commissioner. |
| (5) The Commissioner may accept from any person who is reasonably suspected of having committed any offence under this section a sum of money not exceeding five hundred rupees by way of compensation for the offence which may have been committed and, on the payment of such sum, no further proceedings shall be taken against such person. Any sum received under this section by the Commissioner shall be paid into the National Housing Fund. |
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| (2) The provisions of the new section 91A, inserted in the principal Act by subsection (1) of this section, shall not apply in any case where any building or part thereof has been sublet prior to the commencement of Act No. 36 of 1966, to any person so long as that person continues to be the subtenant of such building or part thereof. |
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