(1) Any person who except under the authority of the Commissioner, interferes with or does any act which damages or tends to damage any structure, plantation, breakwind or vegetable cover placed or planted on any land as part of or in connection with any work which is being or has been carried out in pursuance of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty ¾ $1 000.

(2) In addition the offender shall be liable for any loss or damage caused by the offence.

(3) Such loss or damage may be awarded by the Court imposing the penalty and may be recovered in the same manner as the penalty.

[Section 42 amended by No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 42 of 1982 s. 38; No. 2 of 1989 s. 3; No. 73 of 1994 s. 4.]