Power to remove a hoarding or display.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if,
   • (i) it appears at any time to the Competent Authority that the hoarding or the display or both or any part thereof is in a ruinous state or is likely to fall or is in any other way dangerous to any person passing by such hoarding or display, the Competent Authority may by written notice require the person or Agency for hoarding or the Agency for display,—
   • (a) to pull down, the hoarding or display; or
   • (b) to secure; or
   • (c) to remove; or
   • (d) to repair; such hoarding or display or both or part of it, as the case may be, and to prevent all causes of danger there from.
     • (ii) it appears to the Competent Authority, for reasons to be
   • (d) to repair; such hoarding or display or both or part of it, as the case may be, and to prevent all causes of danger there from.
     • (ii) it appears to the Competent Authority, for reasons to be recorded in writing, that the danger from

the hoarding or display which is in a ruinous state or is about to fall, is imminent, it may, before the period of the notice under sub-section (1) expires or even in the absence of issuance of the notice, fence off, pull down, remove, or secure the said hoarding or display or both, as the case may be, or take such steps as may be required to arrest danger.

1. (iii) if it appears at any time to the Competent Authority, either suo moto or on a complaint that a

hoarding or display or both has been erected or has been displayed in contravention of Section 11 or

12, the same shall be forthwith removed by the Competent Authority.

1. (iv) if it appears at any time to the Competent Authority, either suo moto or on a complaint that a display contains obscene content, the same shall be forthwith removed by the Competent Authority.

1. (2) All expenses incurred by the Competent Authority to remove a hoarding shall be recovered from the concerned Agency for hoarding as arrears of land revenue.