(1) Subject to subsection (2), an unauthorized hoarding or sign-board which is erected or left

(a) on a road or path,

(b) within ten feet of a road,

(d) on a public land, or

(e) in a position that is obstructs the view of a driver on a road, may be removed by an authorized officer and disposed of in accordance with this section.

(2) This section does not apply to a hoarding or sign-board erected by or with the consent of the District Assembly or in the exercise of a statutory power, unless it is in a position that obstructs the view of a driver on a road.2

(3) The authorized officer shall affix to the unauthorized hoarding or sign-board a no-tice requiring the owner to remove it within seven days after the date when the notice was affixed.

(4) The notice shall state the date by which the unauthorized hoarding or sign-board should be removed.

(5) Where the owner fails to remove the hoarding or signboard, the authorized officer may, after the expiration of the period of seven days, remove the tree, timber or log.

(6) An unauthorized hoarding or sign-board removed by an authorized officer under this section shall, on the removal, vest in the President and shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of

(a) in accordance with the instructions of the Regional Minister, or

(b) in the absence of the instructions of the Regional Minister, in the manner that the Inspector-General of Police or the local authority for the area may direct.