(1)The Chief Municipal Officer may cleanse, or disinfect, or cause destruction of, any building, hut or shed, water-source or lodging and eating house, if, in his opinion, such cleansing, disinfection or destruction would tend to prevent or check the spread of any dangerous disease, and, in case of emergency, he may cause such cleansing or disinfection to be done by the employees of the Municipality at the cost of the owner or the occupier of such place, or, at the cost of the Municipality, if, in his opinion, such owner or the occupier is unable to pay the cost owing to poverty.
