Section 19
Prohibition On Doing Any Act On Public Roads Or Road Border Without Obtaining Permission
(1) No person shall build an access
road joined to a public road or dig or demolish a hole or ditch on a public
road or within the road border or install or place barrier, peg or fort on the
public road or build a house or shed thereon or cultivate a land within the
road border or do any other similar act without obtaining the permission of
the Department of Roads.
(2) If any person does any act as set forth in Sub-section (1) without
obtaining the permission of the Department of Roads, the Department of
Roads shall also institute an action, if required to be instituted pursuant to
the other Sections of this Act against that person and may issue an order to
the concerned person to close down the access road built, fill up the hole or
ditch dug or remove the barrier, fort or peg made or demolish the house or
shed built or barren the land cultivated without obtaining the permission
within a reasonable period of time as specified in the order.
(3) If the concerned person fails to observe the order issued pursuant
to Sub-section (2), the Department of Roads may close down the access
road built, fill up the hole or ditch dug or remove the barrier, fort or peg
made or demolish the house or shed built or barren the land cultivated by
that person, and recover the expenses incurred therein from the concerned
person.