Section 32
of MUNICIPAL BOARDS ACT Sanitary Boards changed to Municipal Boards
Section 32
(1)
When any rateable property within a Municipal Board area is sold or transferred, it shall be the duty of the purchaser or transferee within 3 months after such sale or transfer to give notice thereof to the Board in writing.
(2)
When the owner of any rateable property within a Municipal
Board area dies, it shall be the duty of the person becoming the owner thereof by succession or otherwise to give notice thereof in writing to the
Board within one year after the death of the deceased.
(3)
On receipt of any such notice the Board may require the production of the instrument of sale or transfer, if any.
(4)
Every person who sells or transfers any rateable property with a
Municipal Board area shall continue to be liable for the payment of all rates payable in respect of such property and for the performance of all other obligations imposed by this Act upon the owner of such property which become payable or are to be performed at any time before notice of such transfer has been given or until the sale or transfer has been recorded in the books of the Board. Nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of the purchaser or transferee to pay the rates in respect of such property or to perform such obligation as aforesaid or to enforce such obligation under this
Act.
(5)
When any new building is erected or when any building is rebuilt or enlarged or when any building which has been vacant is reoccupied, the owner of such building shall within 15 days give notice thereof in writing to the Board.
(6)
The said period of 15 days shall be reckoned from the date of the completion or of the occupation, whichever occurs first, of the building which has been newly erected or rebuilt or of the enlargement, as the case may be, and in the case of a building which has been vacant from the date of the reoccupation thereof.
(7)
When any building or portion of a building which is liable to the payment of rates is demolished or removed otherwise than by the order of the
Board, the owner shall give notice thereof in writing to the Board. Until such notice is given the owner shall continue to be liable to pay rates in respect of
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such building or portion of a building as if the same had not been demolished or removed.
(8)
Every person failing to give any notice required by this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $500.