sec.75Unlawful installation of official traffic signs

### sec.75 Unlawful installation of official traffic signs Any person who without lawful authority installs on a road or an off-street regulated parking area an official traffic sign or other thing in the nature of or similar to or which is likely to be mistaken for an official traffic sign shall be guilty of an offence, and any such sign or other thing may be removed by the chief executive or the local government (whether or not any proceeding is taken for an offence with respect thereto). Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. Upon convicting a person for an offence against any of the provisions of subsection (1) the court, in addition to any penalty which it may impose, may (whether an application or complaint is made in respect thereof or not) order the person to pay the costs of the removal of the official traffic sign or other thing in question to the chief executive or the local government, as the case may be. s 75 (prev 1949 Geo 6 No. 26 s 12G) ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 55 s 10 sub 1965 No. 26 s 11 amd 1971 No. 33 s 9 ; 1994 No. 7 s 3 sch reloc 1999 No. 42 s 54 (1) sch amdt 28 (sec.75-ssec.1) Any person who without lawful authority installs on a road or an off-street regulated parking area an official traffic sign or other thing in the nature of or similar to or which is likely to be mistaken for an official traffic sign shall be guilty of an offence, and any such sign or other thing may be removed by the chief executive or the local government (whether or not any proceeding is taken for an offence with respect thereto). Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.75-ssec.2) Upon convicting a person for an offence against any of the provisions of subsection (1) the court, in addition to any penalty which it may impose, may (whether an application or complaint is made in respect thereof or not) order the person to pay the costs of the removal of the official traffic sign or other thing in question to the chief executive or the local government, as the case may be.