to the cyprus gazette, 1948.

THE CYPRUS GAZETTE, 15TH JANTTARY, 1948. 17^0. 35. Legislation.Thc following draft BiU, which will in due course be submitted for enactment, is published for generaldnfoTxnaition :—A BILLENTITLEDwoPiAKH mAmnii»A LAW TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAWS RELATINGTO THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ROADS.1. This Law may be cited as the PubKc Roads Law, 1948. short title.2. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires— interpre-( , , - . , , , tation.pubuc road means any street, square, pathway,open place or space vested in the Crown for the use pfthe pubhc under any law in force for the time being(notwithstanding that the same may be under the controlof any other authority or body and notwithstanding thatthe expense of repairing and maintaining the same isborne by such authority or body) and includes any pathway,open place or space over which the pubhc has aright of way and any bridge and culvert over which apublic road passes and the parapets and battlements ofany such bridge or culvert and any ditch, embankment,drain, causeway or supporting wall used inconnection with a public road and any land adjacent toany pubhc road which has been reserved for its protectionor benefit.3. A person shall be guilty of an offence under this offences forLaw who does or causes to be done any of the following ^ o^r'*^**".acts in, upon or over any pubhc road, that is to say :— pubUc roads.(a) constructs or erects any structure or erectionwhatsoever, whether of stone (including loosestones), concrete, mud, iron, wood or of any othermaterial whatsoever;(b) constructs or erects any fence of any kiud or of anymaterial whatsoever;(c) lays any timber, stone, manure, lime, soil, ashes,rubbish or any other matter or thing whatsoever ;(d) puUs down, destroys, defaces or obhterates anymile-stone, post or traffic sign;(e) digs up, destroys or causes any other injury ordamage to any such road;(f) suffers any filth, dirt or offensive matter or thingwhatsoever to rim or fiow into or upon any suchroad;'{g) does anything on any land adjacent or in closeproximity to any such road so as to damage anysuch road or to affect or to be likely to affect thesafety of any such road ;{h) rides, drives, leads or suffers any animal to be onsuch road in a maimer likely to cause annoyanceto any passenger thereon or to obstruct orendanger any traffic on such road;(i) plays any game likely to cause annoyance toany passenger on such road or to obstruct anytraffic thereon;(j) in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage.4. The Director of Pubhc Works may, from time to time Power toI)y notice pubhshed in the GazeUe, prohibit or regulate the ?JSic°'^°^use on any pubhc road, as may be mentioned in the notice. Works toof any type of vehicle, as may be mentioned therein, which g"°^^ ^in his opinion is likely to cause damage to such road, and of certainany person who acts in contravention of the terms of such tSef onnotice shall be guilty of an offence under this Law. pubUc roads.ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ