Section 56 Penalty on persons altering pavements without the consent of the commissioners.

Every person who wilfully displaces, takes up, or makes any alteration in the pavement, flags, or other materials of any street under the management of the commissioners, without their consent in writing, or without other lawful authority, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F1F2£25level 1 on the standard scale, and also a further sum not exceeding F325p for every square foot of the pavement, flags, or other materials of the street, exceeding one square foot, so displaced, taken up, or altered.