Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsOvercrowding of houses
| 98. Whenever it appeal to the Pradeshiya Sabha that any house is so overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the occupiers thereof, or of the neighbourhood, and the occupiers consist of more than one family, the Pradeshiya Sabha shall cause proceedings to be taken before a Magistrate to abate such overcrowding, and the Magistrate shall thereupon make such order as he may think fit; and each of the persons permitting such overcrowding shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees for each day after the date of such order during which such overcrowding shall continue. |