(2) Traffic signs shall be of the prescribed size, colour and type except where the Minister authorizes the erection or retention of a sign of another character.

(3) After the commencement of this Act, no traffic signs shall be placed on or near any road except under and in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) of this section:

Provided that -

(i) nothing in this subsection shall apply to any notice in respect to the use of a bridge;

(ii) a highway authority or police officer of or above the rank of Inspector may authorize the erection of any traffic sign for any special purpose for a period not exceeding seven days, and such traffic sign shall be deemed to be lawful even though it docs not conform to the requirements of this section.

(4) All traffic signs shall be deemed to have been lawfully erected until the contrary is proved.

(5) A highway authority may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of any land on which there is any traffic sign or any object which so closely resembles a traffic sign that it might reasonably be taken to be such a sign to remove it, and if any person fails to comply with such a notice the highway authority may effect the removal, doing as little damage as may be, and may recover as a civil debt recoverable summarily from the person so in default the expense incurred in so doing:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply in the case of any sign or object so long as its retention is expressly authorized by the highway authority.