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[59 & 60 Vict.] South Shields Corporation Act, 1896. [Ch. l.]
194. In case the occupier of any house or part of a house prevents the owner thereof from carrying into effect in respect thereof any notice given by the Corporation then after notice of this provision given by the owner to the occupier any court of
summary jurisdiction upon proof thereof may make an order in writing requiring the occupier to permit the owner to execute the works required by such notice to be done and if after the expiration of seven days from the service of such order the occupier continues to refuse to hermit the owner to execute the said works he shall for every day during which he so continues to refuse be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds and during the continuance of such refusal the owner shall be discharged from any penalties to which he might otherwise have become liable by reason of his default in executing such works.
195, Save as herein expressly provided all informations and complaints under or for the breach of any of the provisions of this Act or of any byelaws made thereunder or of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 or of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 as incorporated with the Public Health Act 1875 or the Town Police Clauses Act 1889 may be laid and made by any officer of the Corporation duly authorised in that behalf or by the town clerk or by the chief constable or any superintendent of police acting for or within the borough.
196. Where in any legal proceedings taken by or on behalf of the Corporation or the council whether under this Act or under any general or local Act passed before or after this Act it becomes necessary to prove the appointment or authority of any officer servant solicitor or agent of the Corporation or of any committee of the council or to prove any resolution of the council or of any committee of the council a certificate of such appointment authority or resolution purporting to be authenticated by the signature of the mayor or the town clerk shall be prima facie evidence of such appointment authority or resolution and of the performance of all conditions precedent or necessary to the validity thereof without further proof of the holding of any meeting or the production of any minute book or other record or
document.
197. In the case of any notice or other such document under this Act requiring authentication by the Corporation the signature of the town clerk or other duly authorised officer of the Corporation shall be sufficient authentication and in the case of licenses and certificates granted by the Corporation under any general or local Act the signature of the town clerk or other duly authorised officer of the Corporation shall be sufficient authentication Notices orders
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