Hoardings to be set up during repairs, etc.

Hoardings to be set up during repairs, etc. (1) Every person intending to build or take down any building, or to alter or repair the outward part of any building, in such a position or in such circumstances as that the work is likely to cause or may cause obstruction, danger or inconvenience in any street, shall before beginning such works,— (a) first obtain a licence in writing from the municipal council so to do, and (b) cause sufficient hoardings or fences to be put up in order to separate the building where such works are being carried on from the street, and shall maintain such hoarding or fence standing and in good condition to the satisfaction of the municipal council during such time as the public safety or convenience requires, and shall cause the same to be sufficiently lighted during the night, and shall remove the same when directed by the municipal council. (2) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be punished with penalty which may extend to five hundred rupees, and with further penalty which may be extended to one hundred rupees for every day or night, as the case may be, on which such contravention continues after the date of the first conviction.