Section 431(2) in The Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
(2)Upon receipt of any such complaint, the Magistrate after making such inquiry as he thinks necessary may, if he sees fit, direct the Commissioner,-(a)to put in force any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule, regulations or bye-law or to take such measures as to such Magistrate shall seem practicable and reasonable for preventing, abating, diminishing or remedying such nuisance;(b)to pay to the complainant such reasonable costs of and relating to the said complaint and order as the said Magistrate shall determine, inclusive of compensation for the complainant's loss of time in prosecuting such complaint.
