Section 16: Recovery of cost of removal of encroachment
The Kerala Highway Protection Act, 1999State Act of Kerala · Act 6 of 2000
Whenever a highway authority or the officer authorized by it remove any encroachment or carry out any protective work in respect of such encroachment, the actual expenditure incurred for such removal or protective work together with fifteen percent of such amount as overhead charges, shall be recovered from the person responsible for the encroachment, in the manner as may be prescribed.
CHAPTER V PREVENTION OF RIBBON DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGHWAYS AND CONTROL OF ACCESS