Section 266 of KARNATAKA ACT NO. 53 OF 2020

or sites.-(1)Subject to such regulations as may be made in this behalf, the Zonal Commissioner or any other officer authorised in this behalf may, either on her own or through any other agency or officer authorized by him in this behalf –

1. (a)cause any building or other premises to be inspected for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions thereof,
2. (b)require the owner or the occupier of any land or building or any part thereof to cleanse it, if it appears necessary so to do for reasons of sanitation,
3. (c)issue such order as she deems necessary for the improvement of any unsanitary premises which are likely to cause risk of disease to the inmates of such premises or to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood or are, for any reason, likely to endanger community health or safety,
4. (d)by notice, prohibit the owner or the occupier from the use of any building, or any room in a building, which appears to him to be unfit for human habitation, as dwelling,
5. (e)direct the filling up of any well, pool, ditch, tank, pond, pit or undrained ground, cistern, or reservoir of any waste or stagnant water, which appears to her to be, or likely to become, injurious to health or offensive to the neighbourhood,
6. (f)by notice, require the owner or person having control over any private water course, spring, tank, well or other place the water of which is used for drinking, bathing or washing clothes to keep the same in good repair, to cleanse it in such manner to protect it from pollution,
7. (g)by notice, direct the owner or occupier to cleanse of any building or land, which appears to her, or likely to become, which if left unattended would be injurious to public health. njurious to health or offensive to the neighbourhood.

1. (2)Where the Zonal Commissioner or the officer authorised in this behalf, is of the opinion that there is a threat to health or safety on any land or building, he may, by notice, in writing, require the person by whose act, default or sufferance said threat arises or continues or all of the owners, lessees or occupiers of such land or building to remove or abate the same by taking such measures, in such manner, and within such period, as may be specified in the notice.
2. (3)If immediate action is necessary, the Zonal Commissioner may himself before giving such notice or before the period of notice expires secure, take such measures, as he thinks fit to prevent the threat to health or safety, and the cost of so doing shall be recoverable from the owner or occupier of the building or land in the manner specified in the bye-laws.