Section 254. Halting vehicles or animals on public ground.

Where any land vested in the Municipality or any public place is, without the permission in writing of the Municipality, used as a halting place for any vehicle or animal or a place of encampment, the owner or keeper of the vehicle or animal or the person encamping, as the case may be, shall be liable on conviction to fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees and in the case of a continuing breach to a further fine which shall not be less than fifty rupees but which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day after the date of the first conviction during which the offender is proved to have persisted in the commission of the offence.