Removal of obstructions or encroachments

(1) The Chief Engineer may give notice in writing to any person obstructing or encroaching on any public road requiring him forthwith to remove or abate such obstruction, and if any such person to whom such notice is given refuses or neglects to comply with the same within a reasonable time, or if there be any doubt as to who is the proper person to whom such notice should be given, the Chief Engineer, after due notification of his intention in that behalf by a notice affixed in 18 a conspicuous manner on or adjacent to the said obstruction or encroachment, may cause such obstruction or encroachment to be forthwith removed or abated. (2) For the purpose of removing or abating any such obstruction or encroachment, the Chief Engineer or any person, authorised in writing by him, may enter into any house, garden, enclosure or other premises and cause to enter therein such persons with such instruments and things as are necessary for such removal or abatement, and may recover the costs thereby occasioned from the person causing such obstruction