Section 114Part 8 — Control of Traffic
Traffic signs
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114. (1) Subject to sections 108, 109, 110, 111 and 117(2), the Panel may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed, erected or otherwise marked on or near any road.
The size, colour and type of any traffic sign shall be prescribed in the road code, and all traffic signs shall be of the prescribed type and substantially of the prescribed size and colour.
A traffic sign erected, placed, marked or retained on or near a road shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed —
to have been lawfully erected, placed, marked or retained; and
to be of the prescribed type and substantially of the prescribed size and colour.
Subject to sections 108, 109, 110, 111 and 117(2), and notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3), no person other than the Panel or a person acting under its directions may, except with the general or special permission in writing of the Panel —
erect, place or mark a traffic sign on or near any road; or
retain a traffic sign erected, placed or marked, or caused to be erected, placed or marked by that person on or near any road, but nothing in this subsection applies to a traffic sign —
which the owner of land erects, places, marks or retains, or causes to be erected, placed, marked or retained, on or near any private road which is situated on the land; or erected, placed, marked or retained, on or near any road in pursuance of authority conferred upon that person by or under any other Law.
which any person erects, places, marks or retains, or causes to be
In subsection (4) — “owner”, in relation to land, includes a person in lawful occupation of the land; and “private road” means a privately owned road or open space to which the public are granted access conditionally. Section 115 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Page 80 Revised as at 31st December, 2025 c
The Panel may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land on which there is a traffic sign, or an object which so closely resembles a traffic sign that it might reasonably be taken to be such a sign, to remove it.
If the person referred to in subsection (6) fails to comply with a notice, the Panel may authorise the removal, doing as little damage as possible, and may, except where the sign was erected, placed, marked or retained by the Panel, recover, in a court as a civil debt from the person in default, the expenses incurred by it in doing so.
The Panel may, after giving three days’ written notice personally to an occupier of land adjoining a road or by posting the notice conspicuously on the land, authorise —
the cutting of plant life; or
the removal of any other thing which obscures or is likely to cause damage to a traffic sign.
The Panel or any person authorised by it may enter land near to or adjoining a road —
for the purpose of exercising a power conferred on the Panel by this section; or
for the purpose of replacing, removing or maintaining traffic signs.
The Panel shall do as little damage as possible in executing work authorised by this section.
No action lies against the Panel or a person authorised by the Panel for any loss or damage to any property as a result of anything done in good faith under this section.
A person who —
unlawfully places, erects, marks or retains, or causes to be placed, erected, marked or retained, any traffic sign on or near any road; or
removes, defaces, damages, alters or obscures, or in any way interferes with, a traffic sign lawfully placed, erected, marked or retained on or near a road, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.