(1) No person shall, without the written permission of the municipal council or otherwise than in accordance with such conditions as may therein be prescribed, make a hole in any street, or erect or deposit thereon any timber, stone, brick, earth or other material that has been, or is intended to be, used for building and such permission shall be terminable at the discretion of the municipal council; and when such permission is granted to any person, he shall, at his own expense, cause such materials or such hole to be sufficiently fenced and enclosed until the materials are removed or the hole is filled up or otherwise made secure, to the satisfaction of the municipal council, and shall cause the same to be sufficiently lighted during the night.

(2) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1) shallbe punished with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees, and with

further fine which may extend to ten rupees for every day or night, as the case may be, on which such contravention continues after the date of the first conviction.