PUBLIC ROADS AND PUBLIC NOTICES ACT 1913

[Consolidated as at 20 August 2013

on the authority of the Administrator

and in accordance with

the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980]

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

 1. Short title

 2. Public roads

 3. Crossing from private land to a road to be by way of approved bridgeway

 4. Obstruction of road or footway

5.                   Riding and driving on roads

6.                   Riding or driving so as to endanger safety of persons

7.                   Driving furiously after dark

8.                   Defacing public notices

Public Roads and Public Notices Act 1913

Short title

 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Roads and Public Notices Act 1913.

Public roads

 2. Whosoever wilfully damages or injures a water-table of any public road, or in any way obstructs the flow of water in any such water-table shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $4.

Crossing from private land to a road to be by way of approved bridgeway

 3. Any person crossing by horses or wheeled vehicles a water-table of any public road as a way to or from his house or land shall build a bridge-way over such water-table of a width and construction approved by the Minister, and shall use such bridge-way for such crossing, and if he fails to comply with this section he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $4.

Obstruction of road or footway

 4. Whosoever places any obstruction on or across any public road or footway shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $10, unless he proves that such obstruction was so placed by the leave or under the authority of the Minister.

Riding and driving on roads

 5. Whosoever drives a wheeled vehicle on a public road or place at any time after sundown and before sunrise without having on such vehicle a bright light visible to persons meeting such vehicle shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $4.

Riding or driving so as to endanger safety of persons

 6. Whosoever rides or drives at any time on any public road or place so negligently or furiously as to endanger the safety of any person, or of the public, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $6.

Driving furiously after dark

 7. Whosoever after sundown and before sunrise rides or drives furiously on any public road or place shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $4.

Defacing public notices

 8. Whosoever wilfully tears down or defaces any public notice posted by lawful authority for public information shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $4.

NOTES

The Public Roads and Public Notices Act 1913 as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 23 of 1913 and amendments as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Amendments

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