Section 148 Penalty for depositing things or pitching booths etc. on highway.
England and Wales
If, without lawful authority or excuse—
a person deposits on a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, or
a person deposits on any highway that consists of or comprises a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, within 15 feet from the centre of that carriageway, or
a person deposits any thing whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway, or
a hawker or other itinerant trader pitches a booth, stall or stand, or encamps, on a highway.
he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding F1level 3 on the standard scale.
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- F1
Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46