Section 12G: Pulling down notice
This section is inserted by Act No 8 of 2022, section 11.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
12G. Pulling down notice
(1) Where a person erects a structure or displays a
sign without an authorisation under this Act, an authorised
officer shall serve on that person a pulling down notice
ordering the pulling down of the structure or sign.
(2) A pulling down notice shall, inter alia –
(a) specify the conditions that have not been
complied with;
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(b) specify the period, not exceeding 30 days,
within which the structure or sign shall
be pulled down; and
(c) be in such form as may be prescribed.
(3) Where a pulling down notice has been served on
a person, that person shall not proceed with erection of the
structure or display of the sign referred to in the notice.
(4) No person shall be prosecuted for erecting a
structure or displaying a sign without an authorisation under
this Act so long as the delay granted in the pulling down
notice has not lapsed.
(5) Where a person fails to comply with a pulling
down notice, the Authority shall, notwithstanding any other
enactment, pull down the structure or sign.
(6) Any person who fails to comply with a pulling
down notice issued under subsection (1) shall commit
an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to pay a fine
not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 2 years.