Section 4A: Authorisation for roadworks
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.
4A. Authorisation for roadworks
(1) Any person who wishes to—
(a) dig across or along a public road for any purpose; or
(b) undertake any excavation work on a public road,
shall, not less than 14 days before the start of the work, apply to the highway authority for authorisation.
(2) The highway authority may, when granting an authorisation, impose
such conditions relating to the reinstatement of the road by the applicant as
it deems fit.
(3) Notwithstanding any other enactment, any person who—
(a) without the written authorisation of the highway authority—
(i) digs across or along a public road for any purpose; or
(ii) undertakes any excavation work on a public road; or
(b) does not comply with a condition imposed by the highway authority under subsection (2),
shall commit an offence.
(4) Without prejudice to any prosecution under subsection (3), the highway authority may cause the road to be reinstated and claim any costs
incurred in such reinstatement from the offender.
(5) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
[S. 4A inserted by s. 3 of Act 16 of 1994 w.e.f. 18 June 1984.]