Section 24: Non-compliance with order

24. Non-compliance with order (1) Where an order made by the Sanitary Authority under section 22 is not complied with within the period specified in the order, the common lodging house shall be erased from the register of common lodging houses and the common lodging house shall be deemed to be no longer a registered common lodging house. (2) The keeper of a common lodging house who fails to comply with an order made under section 22 shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees and the fine shall be recovered at the instance of the Sanitary Authority, or of any officer of the Ministry on a complaint made to, or information laid before, the Magistrate of the District where the common lodging house is situate.