Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · s 39

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39.
Taking up pavement
(1)  Any person who displaces, takes up or makes any alteration in the pavement, flags or other materials or in the fences or posts of any public street without the prior written permission of the local authority or without other lawful authority shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.
(2)  Any person who damages or causes or permits any damage to be done to any street, footway, verandah way, works or property, or any part thereof, belonging to the local authority or along which the public has a right of passage, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit.
(3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the local authority may give notice in writing to direct the person to rectify the displacement, take up or make any alteration of the pavement, flags or other materials or in the fences or posts of the public street or execute such repairs on the damages done to the street, footway, verandah way, works or property, or any part thereof.
(4)  Any person who fails to comply with the directions referred to in subsection (3), the local authority at any time after the expiration of the time so specified in the notice may itself cause the work to be done and recover the cost and expenses thereof from such person.

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s 39Taking up pavement

(1)

Any person who displaces, takes up or makes any alteration in the pavement, flags or other materials or in the fences or posts of any public street without the prior written permission of the local authority or without other lawful authority shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.

(2)

Any person who damages or causes or permits any damage to be done to any street, footway, verandah way, works or property, or any part thereof, belonging to the local authority or along which the public has a right of passage, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit.

(3)

Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the local authority may give notice in writing to direct the person to rectify the displacement, take up or make any alteration of the pavement, flags or other materials or in the fences or posts of the public street or execute such repairs on the damages done to the street, footway, verandah way, works or property, or any part thereof.

(4)

Any person who fails to comply with the directions referred to in subsection (3), the local authority at any time after the expiration of the time so specified in the notice may itself cause the work to be done and recover the cost and expenses thereof from such person.

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