For the purposes of sections two and four—
| (a) |
a person who has erected or otherwise caused the appearance of an advertisement or who has renovated or repaired it, and any person who is entitled to remove it, shall be deemed to display that advertisement while and whenever it is visible from a public road; |
| (b) |
an advertisement which is visible from a public road shall be deemed to have been displayed after the date of commencement of this Act, unless the contrary is proved; |
| (c) |
a person who owns or occupies land whereon an advertisement, which is visible from a public road, is being displayed, or whereon is situate such an advertisement which has been renovated or repaired, and the manufacturer of any article or the proprietor of any business or undertaking to which such, an advertisement relates and any agent of such a manufacturer or proprietor shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have erected that advertisement or otherwise to have caused it to appear or to have renovated, restored or repaired it, as the case may be, or to have permitted its erection, appearance, renovation or repair; |
| (d) |
every road shall be deemed to be a public road, unless the contrary is proved; |
| (e) |
any place at or near a public road shall be deemed to be in or on that road, unless it is proved to be outside that road; |
| (f) |
any person who purports to exercise any right in connection with land to which the public has no access as a matter of right, or who is from time to time upon any such land, shall be deemed to occupy that land, unless the contrary is proved. |
Statistics Act, 1999
