(l) The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may cause or permit traffic signs or be p!aced or erected in any public place forthe purpose of bringing to public notice any prohibitions or restrictions imposed under section 70, or genera iv for the purpose of regulating traffic other than motor vehicle trafiic.
(2) Traffic signs erected under sub-section (1) for any purpose for which provision is made in the First Schedule shall have the meanings set forth in the First Schedule, butthe authority empowered in this behaii‘ by the State Government may make or authorise the addition to any sign set forth in the said Schedule of transcriptions of the words, letters or figures thereon in the ..... script provided that the transcriptions shall be of similar size and colour to the words, letters or figures set forth in the First Schedule.
(3) Except as provided by sub-section {1) no traflic sign shall, after the commencement of this Act, he plaCed or erected on or near any highway; but all traffic signs erected prior to the cemmencement of this Act by any authority competent to do So shalt] for._the purpose of this Act be deemed to be traflic signs erected under the provisions of sub~section (1). ' Exclusion of motor vehicies from the seope of part Power to restrict the use of vehicles.
Power to erect traffic 3 ign s.
Main roads.
Duty to obey traffic signs.
Signals and signaling devices.
Leaving vehi~ cle or animal in dangerous position.
Towing of persons siding cycle.
Leaving vehicle or animal unattended.
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(4) Any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, by notification in the official gazette, remove or cause to be removed any sign of adVertisement which is so placed in his opinion as to obscure any traflic sign from view or any sign or advertisement which is in his opinion so similar in appearance to atraffic sign as to be misleading.
(5) No person shall wilfully remove, after deface, or in any way tamper with any name sign placed or erected under this section.
(6). If any persoa accidently cause such damage to traific sign as renders it useless for the pUFPOSe for which it is placed and erected under this section, he shall report the circumstances of the occurrences to a police oificer or such authority as may be authorised in this behalf by State Government or at a police station as soon as possible, and in any case within twentyfour hours of the occurrence.
72. The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may by notification in the official gazette or by the erection at suitable places of the appropriate traffic sign referred to in Part A of the First Schedule, designate certain roads as main roads for the purpose of the regulations contained in the Second Schedule.