[ 13th March]
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Supplement to Official Gazette
pole orworks erected, placed or constructed under section 18 as
is likely to touch, damage or fall upon such apparatus, pole orworksc
the licensee may. in writing, request the owner, lessee or occupier
of the land on which the tree has been planted or is growing to cut
or remove the tree or cut any of its branches to such heightfrom
the ground or .':.tsuch distance from the apparatus, pole or works,
within such tllne as may be specified in the request after receiving
.y permission required under the Breadfruit and Other Trees
(Protection) Act or any other law regulating felling of trees.
(2) Where a request made under subsection (I) is not complied with within the time specified in the request or where delay in
making a request under subsection (1) may imperil the safety of
any apparatus, po Ie or works, the Iicensee or the person authorised
by him in writing may cut or remove the tree Qrcutthe branches
of the tree in respect of which the request is, or could havebeen,
made after receiving any permission required under the Breadfruit
and Other Trees (Protection) Act or any other Actregulating the
felling of trees.
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(3)
The provisions of section 18 shall apply to or ill \•..
respect of any tree cut or removed or branch cut under this section as if it were a tree or branch cut or removed under section 18.
PARTlY-OFFENCES
21. (]) Any person who contravenes section 3,4,5 or 6 shall be
prosecuted under the Licen~s Act for a contravention
of section 16( I) of that Act and shall be Iiable to the punishments provided for such contravention under that Act.
(2) The court before which any person is convicted for a
contravention of section 3.4, 5 or 6 in accordance with subsection
(I) of this section may order that any broadcasting, telecommunication or other apparatus with which or in respect of which the
prosecution was instituted. shall Deforfeited.
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