(1)When the Deputy Commissioner after due enquiry is satisfied that a committee has made default in performing any duty imposed upon it by this Act, or by any order or rule under this Act, he may, by an order in writing, fix a period for the performance of that duty; and should it not be performed within the period so fixed, he may appoint some person to perform it, and may direct that the expense thereof shall be paid, within such time as he may fix, by the committee.