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(1) A District Assembly may, for the purpose of enforcing this Act or any other relevant enactment,

(a) prohibit, abate, remove, pull down or alter a physical development

(i) which does not conform to the approved plan, or

(ii) where that action is necessary for the implementation of an approved plan, so as to bring that physical development into conformity with the approved plan; or

(b) prohibit the use of a land or building for a purpose or in a manner contrary to the provision of an approved plan; or

(c) Execute a work which is the duty of a person to execute under an approved plan, where delay in the execution of the work has occurred and the efficient operation of the approved plan has been or is likely to be prejudiced.

(2) Before taking action under subsection (1), the District Assembly shall serve notice in the prescribed form on the owner of the land in respect of which the action is proposed to be taken, and on any other person who in its opinion may be affected by the action, specifying the nature of, and the grounds on which the District Assembly proposes to take the action.