section 181A
Displacing pavements, etc.
The Daman and Diu Municipalities Regulation 1994Infrastructure1994314 sections
Statutory text
- (1) No person shall, without the permission of the Chief Officer or any other lawful authority, displace, take up, or make any alteration in, or make any hole in, or otherwise damage, the pavement, gutter, flags or other materials of any public street, or the fences, walls, or posts thereof, or any municipal lamp, lamp-post, bracket, water-post, hydrant, or other accessories of a lamp, water-post or hydrant or such other municipal property. (2) Every person to whom any permission is granted under sub-section (1) shall, at his own expense, cause the place where the soil or pavement has been opened or broken up, materials have been taken up or any erection or other thing set up, to be properly fenced, guarded, and in all cases in which the same is necessary to prevent accidents, shall cause such place to be well lighted during the night. (3) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. (4) Any person who has displaced, taken up or made alteration in or made a hole in or otherwise damaged any such pavement, gutter, flags or other materials of a public street or such fences, walls, posts, municipal lamp, lamp-post, bracket, water-post, hydrant or other accessories of a lamp, water-post or hydrants or other municipal property or extinguished a municipal lamp, whether with or without the permission required under sub-section (1), shall, in addition to any penalty under sub-section (3), be liable to pay the expenses which the Council may incur in replacing or restoring the same. Such expenses shall be recoverable in the same manner as an amount due on account of a property tax.
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