(1) If a Magistrate making an order under section 152 considers that immediate measures should be taken to prevent imminent danger or injury of a serious kind to the public, he may issue such an injunction to the person against whom the order was made, as is required to obviate or prevent such danger or injury pending the determination of the matter.
(2) In default of such person forthwith obeying such injunction, the Magistrate may himself use, or cause to be used, such means as he thinks fit to obviate such danger or to prevent such injury.
(3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith by a Magistrate under this section.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 161
Section 161 empowers the Magistrate, upon non-compliance with an order made absolute under Section 160, to cause the act to be performed by official machinery and recover the costs from the defaulter.
Challenge excessive or inflated contractor bills submitted by municipal authorities for demolition under Section 161. The recovery must be limited strictly to actual, reasonable expenses incurred.