sec.76Injury to official traffic signs

### sec.76 Injury to official traffic signs Where any injury is done to an official traffic sign the following persons, namely— any person who negligently or wilfully causes such injury; if that person is an agent or employee—the principal or employer of that person; shall each be answerable in damages to the chief executive or the local government (according to which of them installed such sign) for the whole injury, and such damages may be— sued for by; or recovered in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 , on complaint of; the chief executive or the local government or any person authorised by the chief executive or the local government in that behalf, either generally or in the particular case, but the chief executive or the local government shall not be entitled by virtue of the provisions of this section to recover twice for the same cause of action. Where the owner of any vehicle pays any money in respect of any injury caused through the wilful act or negligence of the driver of that vehicle to any official traffic sign, the owner shall be entitled to recover the money so paid, with costs, from that driver. s 76 (prev 1949 Geo 6 No. 26 s 12H) ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 55 s 10 amd 1960 9 Eliz 2 No. 44 s 2; 1961 10 Eliz 2 No. 27 s 6; 1962 No. 23 s 2 sub 1965 No. 26 s 11 amd 1994 No. 7 s 3 sch reloc 1999 No. 42 s 54 (1) sch amdt 28 (sec.76-ssec.1) Where any injury is done to an official traffic sign the following persons, namely— any person who negligently or wilfully causes such injury; if that person is an agent or employee—the principal or employer of that person; shall each be answerable in damages to the chief executive or the local government (according to which of them installed such sign) for the whole injury, and such damages may be— sued for by; or recovered in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 , on complaint of; the chief executive or the local government or any person authorised by the chief executive or the local government in that behalf, either generally or in the particular case, but the chief executive or the local government shall not be entitled by virtue of the provisions of this section to recover twice for the same cause of action. (sec.76-ssec.2) Where the owner of any vehicle pays any money in respect of any injury caused through the wilful act or negligence of the driver of that vehicle to any official traffic sign, the owner shall be entitled to recover the money so paid, with costs, from that driver. - (a) any person who negligently or wilfully causes such injury; - (b) if that person is an agent or employee—the principal or employer of that person; - (c) sued for by; or - (d) recovered in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 , on complaint of;