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Power to enter upon Lands for the Purposes of this Act.
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LXX. And be it enacted, That in case it shall become necessary to enter, examine, or lay open any Lands or Premises for the Purpose of making Plans, surveying, measuring, taking Levels, examining Works, ascertaining the Course of Sewers or Drains, or ascertaining or fixing Boundaries, and the Owner or Occupier of such Lands or Premises shall refuse to permit the same to be entered upon, examined, or laid open for the Purposes aforesaid or any of them, the Council may, upon Notice to such Owner or Occupier, apply to Two Justices for an Order authorizing the Council and the Superintending Inspector, Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances, or any of them, to enter, examine, and lay open the said Lands and Premises for the Purposes aforesaid or any of them; and if no sufficient Cause shall be shown against the same, the said Justices may make an Order authorizing the same accordingly, and thereupon the Council, any Superintending Inspector, the Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances, and any Person authorized by the Council, or any such Superintending Inspector, Surveyor or Inspector of Nuisances, may, at all reasonable Times between the Hours of Ten in the Forenoon and Four in the Afternoon, enter, examine, or lay open the Lands or Premises mentioned in such Order, for such of the Purposes as shall be specified in the said Order, without being subject to any Action or Molestation for so doing: Provided always, that, except in case of Emergency, no Entry shall be made or Works commenced under the Powers of this Enactment, unless, Twenty-four Hours at the least previously thereto, Notice of the intended Entry, and of the Object thereof, be given to the Occupier of the Premises intended to be entered.
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