Section 70:

70. Roads not to be encumbered with articles (1) Where an article encumbers a road and impedes, or is likely to impede, a free passage on it, or may be hurtful or dangerous to a person having access to the road, an officer acting under the highway authority responsible for that road, a police officer or an officer of a local authority shall remove the article at the expense of its owner or of the person who has left or caused it to be left on the road, and the expense shall be recoverable as if it were a civil debt. (2) Where an article removed under subsection (1) is not claimed within 3 days of its removal, after a notice in writing to its owner, or to the person entitled to its possession, or where the owner or person is not known, after posting up the notice to some prominent object on the road as near as may be to the place where the article was found, the officer who removed the article may sell, with the permission of the authority for that road, that article by public auction, with or without publication of notices of the sale. [Issue 4] R28 – 34 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3) The proceeds of a sale under subsection (2) shall, after deduction of all expenses lawfully incurred, be paid into the hands of the District Cashier of the district where the article was found. [S. 70 amended by s. 165 (17) (b) of Act 36 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]