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### 41H Obscuring traffic control devices
> [*\[Section 41H Inserted by No. 40 of 2009, s. 8, Applied:30 Nov 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-11-30/act-2009-040#GS8@EN)
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> > (1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, place or display anything on or near a road that –
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> > > > (a) obscures a traffic control device; or
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> > > > (b) interferes with the operation or effectiveness of a traffic control device; or
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> > > > (c) prevents, or is likely to prevent, a driver approaching or at a traffic control device from clearly seeing that traffic control device.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
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> > (2) In this section –
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> > > ***traffic control device*** means a traffic control device within the meaning of the *Road Rules*.