Section 26Part 4 — ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES
Obstruction of public right of access to or use of public land
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26. (1) No person shall, without lawful authority, obstruct or interfere with the right of a member of the public under this Act to have access to public land, to use public land or to exercise a public right of way over private land.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both, and shall in addition to such fine or imprisonment be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars per day for every day after conviction that such obstruction continues to persist. Public Lands Act (2024 Revision) Section 27 c Revised as at 31st December, 2023 Page 15