Any person who, either directly or by means of an animal, vehicle or other thing owned by him or in his custody or under his control, destroys or injures any telecommunications line or call office cabinet of the department, shall be liable to pay to the Postmaster cabinets. General such expenses as may be incurred in making good the destruction or injury, and if the destruction or injury be occasioned by negligence on the part of any person, that person shall in addition be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not telecommunications company it is justified, the department may bear the whole or any part of the said expenses: Provided further that a divisional council shall not be liable for any expenses incurred in making good any such destruction or injury caused in the course of road works by such council, and not due to negligence on the part of any person in its employment.

[Section 108 amended by section 75(c) of Act No. 85 of 1991]