6.-(1) It shall be lawful for any person, within the area of a municipal corporation with the approval of the Council, or elsewhere with the approval of the Commissioner, or, within an Improvement Area of the Improvement Board, but not otherwise, to display upon his own land or upon any land in his occupation or use, or where he is working, whether upon a hoarding or otherwise, advertisements (hereinafter in this section referred to as "point of sale advertisements") directly relating to any business, profession, trade or work carried on upon such land:
Provided that-
(a) any point of sale advertisement so displayed shall not be suspended across a street;
(b) any point of sale advertisement so displayed shall not be suspended or projected outwards into a street if the height of the lower portion of such advertisement is less than twelve feet above the level of the street;
(c) any point of sale advertisement so displayed, the lower portion of which is not less than twelve feet above the level of the street, shall not be suspended or projected outwards into the street a distance of more than two feet.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 9, the Council, the Commissioner or the Improvement Board, as the case may be, may approve or refuse to approve the display of any point of sale advertisement under this section, and in approving the display of any such advertisement the Council, the Commissioner or the Improvement Board, as the case may be, shall, without prejudice to any other powers conferred under this Law or any bye-laws or regulations made thereunder, have power to impose conditions relating to the display and proper maintenance of such point of sale advertisement.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, no
approval of the Council or of the Commissioner or of the Improvement Board shall be required in respect of the display of any point of sale advertisement which fulfils the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the proviso to subsection (1) of this section if-
(a) it is so displayed as to be directly attached to, or affixed on, any buildings belonging to, or in the occupation or use of, the person displaying the advertisement, or where he is working, and in which he carries on the business, profession, trade, or work to which the advertisement directly relates; and
(b) it does not, by itself or along with one or more other point of sale advertisements, occupy an area more than one-fifth of the overall area of the face of the building to which it is attached or on which it is affixed taken up to a height of fifteen feet from ground level, the area so occupied being computed as if the said advertisement or advertisements, howsoever attached or affixed, was or were displayed flat against the face of the building; and
(c) it is not more than fifteen feet above ground level.