(1) The Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer shall, either on his own or through any other agency, -
(a) take measures for lighting, in a suitable manner, such public streets and public places as may be specified by him,
(b) procure, erect and maintain such number of lamps, lamp- posts and other appurtenances as may be necessary for the purpose of lighting, and
(c) cause such lamps to be lighted by appropriate means.
(2) The Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer or any other agency so authorised may attach to the outside of any building brackets for lamps in such manner as may not cause any injury or inconvenience thereto.
305. Prohibition of removal, etc., of street lights:
(1) No person shall, without lawful authority, take away or willfully break, throw down or damage:-
(a) any street lights, set up in any public street or municipal garden, or in any open space, markets or buildings vesting in the municipality;
(b) any electric wire for lighting any such street lights;
(c) any post, pole, standard, stay, strut, bracket or other contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting any such electric wire or street lights;
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(d) any property of the municipality in any street; and
(2) no person shall willfully extinguish the light or damage the appurtenance of any such street lights.
306. Persons accidentally breaking street light to repair the damage:
If any person through negligence or accident breaks any street lights set up in any public street or municipal market, garden or public place or buildings vesting in the municipality, or breaks or damages any property of the municipality of any street, he shall pay the expenses of repairing the damage so done by him, besides penalty as may be fixed by the Commissioner or Executive Officer.
CHAPTER 30 Markets, Commercial Infrastructure and Slaughter houses