Lawgist114Penalty for encroachment on public roads, etc
Any person, who without the permission of the Nagar Panchayat or of the Council,--
(a) encroaches upon any public road or house-gully or upon any public drain, sewer, aqueduct, water-course or that by making any excavation or by erecting any wall, fence, rail, post, projection or other obstruction, or by deposing any movable property thereon, or
(b) takes up or alters the pavements or other materials, fences or posts on any public road,
shall, for every such offence, be punishable with fine not exceeding two thousand and five hundred rupees and with a further fine not exceeding two hundred rupees for every day during which the encroachment continues after the first conviction.
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- 111 Power to make roads
- 112 Power to repair, etc., of private road, drains, etc
- 113 Prohibition of use of public roads by a class of animals, carts or vehicles
- 114 Penalty for encroachment on public roads, etc
- 115 Use of public road or place by vendors and other person and penalty thereof
- 116 Power to remove obstructions, encroachments and projections in or on public road, etc
- 117 Procedure when person who erected obstruction cannot be found
- 118 Projections from buildings to be removed
- 119 Power of the District Magistrate and Sub-Divisional Magistrate to remove encroachment summarily on requisition by the Government
- 120 Effect of order made under section 116, 117, 118 or 119
- 121 Nagar Panchayat or Council may require land holders to trim hedges, etc
- 122 Penalty for disobeying requisition under section 116, 117, 118 or 119
- 123 Names of public roads and number of buildings
