Advertising on Roads and Ribbon Development Act, 1940 (Act No. 21 of 1940)8. Prohibition of depositing or leaving of certain articles or materials near certain roads |
| (1) | No person shall, within a distance of 200m of the centre line of a public road, deposit or leave, outside an urban area, so as to be visible from that road, a disused vehicle or machine or a disused part of a vehicle or machine or any rubbish or other refuse, except in accordance with the permission in writing granted by the controlling authority concerned. |
[Section 8(1) substituted by section 3(a) of Act No. 43 of 1985]
| (2) | The controlling authority may remove any object or substance referred to in subsection (1), found on a public road, and may recover the cost of the removal from the person who deposited or left such object or substance there. |
[Section 8(2) substituted by section 3(b) of Act No. 43 of 1985]
| (3) | When any person has deposited or has left any object or substance in contravention of subsection (1), but not on a public road as contemplated in subsection (2), the controlling authority concerned may direct the said person in writing to remove or destroy that object or substance within such period (which shall be not less than 14 days as from the date of the direction), as may be specified in the direction, and if he fails to comply with that direction, the controlling authority may cause the object or substance to be removed or destroyed and may recover from the said person the cost of the removal or destruction. |
[Section 8(3) substituted by section 3(c) of Act No. 43 of 1985]
| (4) | The preceding provisions of this section shall not apply to any object or material which has been or is being used for or in connection with farming, or to soil excavated in the course of alluvial digging: Provided that this subsection shall not permit the deposit or leaving of any article or material on a road. |
[Section 8 substituted by section 1 of Act No. 16 of 1966]