Section 184: Traffic signs

184. Traffic signs (1) Subject to, and in conformity with, such general or other directions as may be given by the Minister, the Permanent Secretary or the Commissioner of Police may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed on or near any road. (2) Notwithstanding any other enactment, no traffic sign shall be placed on or near a road except by, or with the consent of, the Permanent Secretary or the Commissioner of Police. (3) Traffic signs shall be of the prescribed size, colour and type except where the Minister authorises the erection or retention of a sign of another character. (4) (a) No traffic sign, other than a traffic sign placed by or with the consent of the Permanent Secretary, or the Commissioner of Police, shall be placed on or near a road except under and in accordance with this section. (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to— (i) a notice in respect of the use of a bridge; or (ii) a traffic sign placed by the owners or workers of a tramway or light railway undertaking, a dock undertaking or a harbour undertaking under powers conferred by any enactment. [Issue 1] R27 – 142 Revised Laws of Mauritius (5) (a) The Permanent Secretary or the Commissioner of Police shall, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of any land adjacent to a road on which there is— (i) a traffic sign; (ii) an object which so closely resembles a traffic sign that it might reasonably be taken to be a sign; or (iii) an advertisement and on which road a speed exceeding 30 miles an hour is permitted, to remove the sign or advertisement. (b) Where a person fails to comply with a notice under paragraph (a), the Permanent Secretary or the Commissioner of Police may effect the removal of the sign or advertisement, doing as little damage as may be, and the expense incurred in the removal may be recovered as a civil debt from the defaulting person. (c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to a sign or object which complies with subsection (3) and the retention of which is expressly authorised by the Permanent Secretary or the Commissioner of Police. (6) The Permanent Secretary or the Commissioner of Police may enter any land and exercise such other powers as may be necessary in the performance of his functions under this section.