Advertisement restriction

(1) No person shall erect any advertisement of a permanent nature on a major highway or other public road that is outside of a municipal boundary without the permission of the (2) No person shall erect any advertisement of a permanent nature within a municipal boundary without the permission of the respective Building Unit. (3) Any person who contravenes sub-section (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months or both. (4) For the purposes of this section“advertisement of a permanent nature” includes a prominent structure of a durable 20 nature consisting of a sign or display, whether on a hoarding or in electronic or other form, and of the kind not normally intended for notification of a very imminent event or short- term activity; “major highway”, means the George Price Highway, the Phillip Goldson Highway, the Hummingbird Highway, the Southern Highway and the Coastal Road; “public road” has the same meaning as under the Public Roads Act. CAP. 232.