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Section 100

Notice of felling or clearing of trees or jungle adjacent to railway

of Land Public Transport Act 2010

ActIn forceProvision 104 of 244
Section 100
(1)

The proprietor or occupier of any lands shall, before felling or clearing any tree or jungle adjacent to a railway, give seven days’

prior written notice to the railway company of his intention to do so and shall take all reasonable precautions for the protection of the railway or any telegraph or telephone post erected thereon.

(2)

Where any damage is caused to the railway or any telegraph or telephone post erected thereon, the railway company may, in default of an agreement, recover compensation from the proprietor or occupier of the land by action at law.

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