Recovery of expenditure for damage to public road

(1) If the Chief Engineer incurs any extraordinary expenditure with respect to the repair or maintenance of any public road which has been damaged by reason of any excessive weight being carried over or along it or by any extraordinary traffic maintained thereon by any person, the Government may recover, in proceedings taken in accordance with the provisions of the Crown Proceedings Act, Cap. 167, from the person by whose act, neglect or default such damage was caused, the amount of such extraordinary expenditure. (2) The Chief Engineer may agree with any person upon the amount to be paid in respect of any such extraordinary expenditure, and the sum certified by the Chief Engineer as incurred for extraordinary expenditure in the repair and maintenance of any public road by reason of any such damage shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the amount payable by such person.