Regulation of erection of hoardings

(1) No hoarding shall be erected at any place by any person without obtaining a licence from the Commissioner. (2) Every application for licence under sub-section (1) shall be made to the Commissioner in such Form, containing such particulars, with such application fee, as may be prescribed. (3) The Commissioner may, after local inspection and on payment of such licence fee not exceeding Rs. 20,000 per square metre per year as may be prescribed, grant a licence with such conditions as may be prescribed. (4) The Commissioner may refuse to grant licence for reasons to be recorded in writing: Provided that a licence shall not be refused unless the applicant has been given an opportunity for making his representation. (5) Every licence granted under sub-section (3) shall be valid for a period of three years and may be renewed. (6) The fee paid under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be credited to the account of the municipality concerned, in such manner as may be prescribed.