48.
| (1) Nothing contained in section 47 shall be construed to prevent any public officer, duly authorized in that behalf, from making temporary use of any part of any thoroughfare for the public service, or to prevent the Pradeshiya Sabha from granting a licence to the inhabitants of the Pradeshiya Sabha area for the erection of temporary fences and enclosures on any thoroughfare, in connection with the building, pulling down, or referring of their houses and other buildings, or for temporary decorations within that area on such terms and conditions as the Pradeshiya Sabha may deem proper, including conditions as to-
| | (a) the length, breadth and height of such enclosure; | | |
| | (b) the space to be allowed for carriages and carts, or boats, to pass along the thoroughfare; and | | |
| | (c) the exhibition by the person obtaining such licence, daily between sunset and sunrise throughout the period during which the fence or enclosure is maintained or continued by him, of a light sufficient to indicate clearly the exact situation of the fence or enclosure or any obstruction caused thereby. | | |
|
|
| (2) Every holder of a licence granted under subsection (1) who commits a breach of any of the conditions of such licence and every person who removed or extinguished any light placed and kept in accordance with the requirement of the conditions of such licence, shall be guilty of an offence, punishable with a fine not exceeding ten rupees. |
|
|
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts