Section 23. Penalties. —

It shall be unlawful for any person to usurp any portion of a right-of-way, to convert any part of any public highway, bridge, wharf or trail to his own private use or to obstruct the same in any manner, or to use any highway beach for irrigation or other private purposes, and any person so offending shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding six months.

Any person altering boundaries or locations monuments or road-right-of-ways shall be punished under Article three hundred and thirteen of the Revised Penal Code.

Any person who shall remove any tool or any roadmaking material from any highway, or mutilate, damage, destroy, or in any manner interfere with any public bridge, culvert, drainage, canal, road marker, sign, or other road or road-sign development facilities shall be punished under Article three hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Penal Code.

If the obstruction or damage shall result in any road or motor vehicle accident, the penalty provided in the second paragraph of Article three hundred and thirty of the Revised Penal Code, shall be imposed.