34. The owner of any building, destroyed or partially destroyed, or rendered dangerous by fire or otherwise, shall demolish such building, and if the owner refuses or neglects so to do, after being ordered so to do by the inspector, the building shall be demolished at the expense of such owner, and the recovery of the cost of such demolition is secured by a legal hypothec upon the land where the building is situated.
R. S. 1964, c. 149, s. 34; 1995, c. 33, s. 28.