Demolition order

(1) Whereas respects any area declared by the Central Authority to be a slum clearance area and included in a slum clearance scheme approved of by the Minister in the manner hereinbefore provided, the Central Authority determines to order any buildings in the area to be demolished, it shall make an order, in this Part referred to as a “demolition order”, ordering the demolition of each of those buildings, and the Central Authority shall forthwith publish in a local newspaper and in the Gazette a copy of the order, and upon such publication the order shall become operative. (2) When a demolition order has become operative the owner or owners of any building to which the order applies shall demolish that building before the expiration of two months from the date on which the building is required by the order to be vacated or, if it is not vacated until after that date, before the expiration of two months from the date on which it is vacated or, in either case, before the expiration of such longer period as in the circumstances the Central Authority may think reasonable. (3) If the building is not demolished before the expiration of that period, the Central Authority shall enter and demolish the building and sell or otherwise dispose of the materials thereof. (4) Any expenses incurred by the Central Authority under subsection (3) of this section, after giving credit for any amount realised by the sale of materials, may be recovered by them as a simple contract debt from the owner of the house or, if there is more than one owner from the owners thereof in such shares as the court may determine to be just and equitable. (5) Any owner who pays to the Central Authority the full amount of their claim may in the like manner recover from any other owner such contribution, if any, as a judge may determine to be just and equitable. (6) Any surplus in the hands of the Central Authority shall be paid by it to the owner of the house, or if there is more than one owner, shall be paid as those owners may agree. (7) If there is more than one owner and the owners do not agree as to the division of the surplus, the Central Authority shall be deemed by virtue of subsection (6) to be trustee of the surplus for the owners of the house. (8) A judge, in determining for the purposes of this section the shares in which any expenses shall be paid or contributed 30 by, or any surplus shall be divided between, two or more owners of a house, shall have regard to their respective interests in the house, their respective obligations and liabilities in respect of maintenance and repair under any covenant or agreement, whether express or implied, and all the other circumstances of the case. made.