Section 36: Contravention or failure to comply with regulations in respect of buildings

(1) Any person who-
(a) is the owner of a building and who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation or requirement prescribed or made under this Act-
(i) prohibiting, controlling or limiting the use of the said building for any particular purpose, or at any particular time, or by more than any specified number of persons at any particular time; or
(ii) requiring the installation or maintenance of any fire-fighting equipment in or upon the said building; or
(b) is the owner of lands upon which a building is being erected, or who is the owner of a building which is being altered or repaired; or who is employed by the owner of the said lands to erect a building thereon or by the owner of a building to alter or repair the same whether under contract or otherwise; and who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation or equipment prescribed or made under this Act prohibiting, controlling or limiting the use of certain specified materials in or about the erection, alteration or repair of the said building, shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding four hundred naira or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Upon conviction of any owner of any building under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) the court may in its absolute discretion order that the said building be demolished, or that the said materials be removed therefrom at the expense of the owner without compensation.
(3) Any demolition or removal order made under subsection (2) of this section shall be executed by the said convicted owner within the time decreed by the said owner.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "building" includes any building, structure or place or any multiple dwelling.