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Thoroughfares (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 1988) - Sect 14

Amendment of section 35 of the principal enactment

14. Section 35 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
(1) by the substitution for the words " fifty rupees" occurring in that section of the words "five thousand rupees " ;
(2) by the addition, immediately after paragraph (8) of that section, of the following new paragraphs which shall have effect as paragraphs (9), (10) and (11) of that section :
" (9) whosoever shall cause the opening of. any culvert, bridge or side drain to be completely or partially blocked to prevent, obstruct or impede the free passage of water through it or causes a structure to be erected, a dam to be built, or the ground to be raised, or carry out any other act in any land contiguous to a road in the vicinity of a culvert or a bridge, so as to cause any interruption to or impede the free flow of water through a culvert, bridge or side drain;
(10) whosoever shall cause damage to a thoroughfare by any excavation of any thoroughfare with out authority or by the excavation of any land adjoining or near any thoroughfare ;
(11) whosoever shall drive, tow or cause to be moved along or across any public road a vehicle which has a device for traction other than wheels or tyres and which bears directly on the road surface.


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