232. An application made under sections 227 to 231 is heard and decided by preference.
Where the application is for the carrying out of works or demolition, the court may, if the owner or the person having custody of the immovable fails to proceed therewith within the allotted time, authorize the responsible body or the municipality to proceed therewith at the expense of the owner of the immovable.
1979, c. 51, s. 232; 1999, c. 90, s. 3; 2010, c. 10, s. 111; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).