Section 256. Halting vehicles or animals on public grounds

256. 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 as a place of encampment, the owner or a keeper of the vehicle or animal or the person encamping, as the case may be, shall be liable on conviction to a fine which may extend to 1[one hundred] rupees, and in the case of a continuing breach, to a further fine which may extend to 1[ten 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.