Section 99

fall on to a railway, or on the route of any telegraph, telephone, signal, electric light or electric power wire the working of which is wholly or partially controlled by a railway company; or

obstruct, interfere with, or cause damage to the construction or proper working of a railway or of any such telegraph, telephone, signal, electric light or electric power wire or to any post, other structure or fitting supporting the same or appurtenant thereto, the railway company may cause the tree to be cut down or dealt with in such other manner as may, in the opinion of the Director General of

Land Public Transport, avert the danger or remove the obstruction, as the case may be.

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Where a tree obstructs or interferes with the view of any fixed signal, a railway company may cause the tree to be cut down or dealt with in such other manner as will remove the obstruction or interference, as the case may be.

When the tree referred to in subsections (1) and (2) was in existence before the railway was constructed, or the telegraph, telephone, signal, electric light or electric power wire was laid, or the post, structure or fitting was erected or installed, or the signal was fixed, adequate compensation shall be paid by the railway company to the proprietor or occupier of the land where the tree is on.

For the purposes of this section, “tree” includes the undergrowth.

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