Naming and numbering of streets and numbering of premises

Naming and numbering of streets and numbering of premises:

1. (1) It shall be lawful for the Board of Councillors to-
   • (a) give a name or a number to every public street;
   • (b) cause to be put up or painted on a conspicuous part of any building, wall or any other place the name or the number by which such street is to be known;
   • (c) determine the number of sub-number by which any premises or part thereof shall be known; and
   • (d) require the owner of any premises or part thereof by a written notice, to put up a plate showing the number or sub-number of such premises or part determined under clause (c) in such position and manner as may be specified in such notice.
2. (2) Any person, who destroys, pulls down or defaces any such name or number of a public street or number or sub-number of any premises or part thereof or puts up any name, number or sub-number different from that determined by the Board of Councillors, or any owner of any premises or part thereof who does not, on being so required, put up at his own expense such number or sub-number of such premises or part thereof, shall, on conviction, be punished with a fine which may extend to fifty rupees.