Part IX Lawful and Unlawful Interference With Highways and Streets

Obstruction of highways and streets

148 Penalty for depositing things or pitching booths etc. on highway.

If, without lawful authority or excuse—

a

a person deposits on a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, or

b

a person deposits on any highway that consists of or comprises a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, within 15 feet from the centre of that carriageway, or

c

a person deposits any thing whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway, or

d

a hawker or other itinerant trader pitches a booth, stall or stand, or encamps, on a highway.

he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding F1level 3 on the standard scale.