Municipal Councils may make bye-laws and impose charges

7.-(1) Within the area of a municipal corporation the Council may make bye-laws-

(a) for the imposition of charges in connection with the display of advertisements on hoardings erected or caused to be erected by the Council under the provisions of section 5 of this Law;

(b) for the imposition of charges in connection with the erection of hoardings authorized by the Council under the provisions of section 5 of this Law;

(c) for regulating the size and form of hoardings the erection of which is authorized by the Council under the provisions of section 5 of this Law;

(d) for regulating the size and form of advertisements displayed within the area of a municipal corporation under the provisions of section 5 or section 6 of this Law;

(e) for regulating the procedure of applying for and authorizing the erection of hoardings and the display of advertisements thereon within the area of a municipal corporation under the provisions of section 5 of this Law and of applying for and approving the display of advertisements within the area of a municipal corporation under section 6 of this Law;

(f) for prescribing penalties of a fine not exceeding ,125 for any breach of the bye-laws and of a further fine not exceeding ,25 for every day during which such breach is continued after the conviction of the offender and for providing that in the event of any person persistently committing a breach of the bye-laws the Court may at the request of the Council authorize the forfeiture and confiscation of the offending advertisement or hoarding.

(2) Every bye-law made by any Council under this Law shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and shall not come into force until it shall have been approved by him and published in the Gazette.