Section 120
Powers with respect to private roads and premises
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
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All private roads shall be laid, maintained and repaired by the owners or occupiers of the premises abutting thereon, and all dust, dirt, rubbish and filth of every sort shall be collected and removed therefrom by such owners or occupiers.
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(2)
If any private road be not laid, levelled, paved, maintained or cleansed to the satisfaction of the local authority, the local authority may, by notice in writing, order the owner or occupier of any premises abutting thereon to lay, level, pave, repair or cleanse, within a time to be stated in the notice, such part thereof as abuts on his premises.
(3)
A local authority may, by notice in writing, order the owner or occupier of any premises, within a time to be stated in the notice and to such extent as may be prescribed in the notice,—
(a)
to trim or prune the hedges thereof bordering any public road;
(b)
to cut and trim all trees which overhang any public road or which are likely to cause damage to telephone or electric wires;
(c)
to cut down any tree which stands so close to a public road or existing building that it constitutes, in the opinion of the local authority, a source of danger; and
(d)
to clear any portion of the premises which in the opinion of the local authority is dangerous to traffic on account of obstructing the view of drivers of motor vehicles.