Section 22
Recovery of costs and expenses by Director
(1)
If all and any sums payable by or recoverable from the owner in respect of costs and expenses incurred by the Director in or about the execution of any work which are under this Act recoverable from the owner of any premises are not paid by the owner within 14 days after demand, such sums may be reported to a Court of a Magistrate and recovered in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a Court of a Magistrate.
(2)
An appeal shall lie to the High Court from any decision of a Court of a Magistrate under this section, and the provisions of the Criminal
Procedure Code (Chapter 7) apply, with the necessary modifications, to all such appeals.
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(3)
The person liable to pay any sum under subsection (1) shall be the owner at the time when the work was completed.
(4)
Any occupier who, when requested by or on behalf of the Director to state the name of the owner of the premises, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully mis-states the name is, unless he shows cause to the satisfaction of a Court of a Magistrate for his refusal or mis-statement, guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.