Prohibition of removal, etc., of street lights

(1) No person shall, without lawful authority, take away or willfully break, throw down or damage:- (a) any street lights, set up in any public street or municipal garden, or in any open space, markets or buildings vesting in the municipality; (b) any electric wire for lighting any such street lights; (c) any post, pole, standard, stay, strut, bracket or other contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting any such electric wire or street lights; (d) any property of the municipality in any street; and (2) no person shall willfully extinguish the light or damage the appurtenance of any such street lights.