Section 23: Removal or alteration of advertisements
consolidated text (as at 2013, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
23. Removal or alteration of advertisements
(1) Where an advertisement, which is visible from a road—
(a) is being displayed without the written permission of the highway
authority or after the expiration or revocation of the permission;
(b) does not conform to the specifications specified in the written
permission to display the advertisement, or is being displayed in
a manner or place or in circumstances or under conditions other
than those specified in the permission; or
(c) is placed contrary to section 22 (3) or (4),
the highway authority may, by notice in writing, require the owner of the
advertisement to remove it, or to effect such alterations in the nature of the
advertisement or in the manner, place or circumstances in which it is being
displayed and within such period as may be specified in the notice.
(2) Where the owner of the advertising structure fails, within the period
prescribed, to comply with the notice, he shall commit an offence and the
highway authority shall have right of access to the advertising structure and
cause it to be removed and may recover the cost of such removal from that
owner as if it were a civil debt.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person authorising the display of
an advertisement shall be deemed to be displaying such advertisement.
[S. 23 amended by s. 25 (c) of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 January 2013.]