Act Info:
Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA HIGHWAYS ACT, 1964
Chapter I Section 1 - Short title, extent, application and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section 3 - Declaration of roads, ways or lands as highways
Section 4 - Appointment of Highway Authorities
Section 5 - Powers and duties of Highway Authorities
Section 6 - Officers and servants of Highway Authority
Chapter III Section 7 - Power to fix boundary of building and control lines of Highways
Section 8 - Map to be prepared and maintained
Section 9 - Restrictions on buildings between highway boundary and building line and between building and control lines
Section 10 - Appeal
Section 11 - Exemptions for works in progress, etc.
Section 12 - Setting back of buildings to building line or control line
Section 13 - Regulation or diversion of right of access to highway
Section 14 - Powers of Highway Authority and officers and servants appointed under section 6 in respect of surveys
Section 15 - Acquisition of land or right or interest in land
Section 16 - Land required to be marked and measured
Section 17 - Public notice and other notices of such requirements for acquisition
Section 18 - Persons required to make statements regarding other persons having interest
Section 19 - Taking possession of land
Chapter IIIA - POWER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT AND PENALTY FOR MISCHIEF
Section 19A - Power of the State Government to enter into agreement for development and maintenance of Highways
Section 19B - Punishment for mischief by injury to highway
Chapter IV Section 20 - Lands forming part of Highway deemed to be Government property
Section 21 - Prevention of unauthorised occupation of highway
Section 22 - Power to cancel permit
Section 23 - Prevention of encroachment
Section 24 - Appeal against notice served under sub-section (1) of section 23
Scheme 25 - Recovery of cost of removal of encroachment
Chapter V Section 26 - Doing minimum damage in certain cases and compensation
Section 27 - Determination of amount of compensation by agreement
Section 28 - Determination of amount of compensation in default of agreement
Section 29 - No compensation if similar restriction in force under any other law or if compensation already received
Section 30 - Compensation for refusal of permission to build not to exceed difference between its value when it was refused and when it would have been granted
Section 31 - Compensation for diversion of access not to exceed cost of alternative access
Section 32 - Compensation for cutting of standing crops, trees, etc.
Section 33 - No compensation for unauthorised erections
Section 34 - No compensation for removal of encroachment
Section 35 - Reference against the award of Highway Authority or authorised officer under section 28
Section 36 - Procedure and powers of the authorities empowered to decide references under sections 35 and 44
Section 37 - District Superintendent of Police to enforce surrender or remove any encroachment
Section 38 - Decisions of authorities under sections 35 and 44 to be enforced as decrees of Civil Court
Section 39 - Payment of compensation awarded
Section 40 - Payment by adjustment
Chapter VI Section 41 - Notice to owners and persons interested
Section 42 - Inquiry and order
Section 43 - Increase in value and betterment charges
Section 44 - Reference against order of authorised officer under section 42
Section 45 - Finality of order fixing betterment charges and of decision on reference
Section 46 - Betterment charges to be first charge on land next to land revenue
Section 47 - Payment of betterment charges
Section 48 - Relinquishment of or exchange of land in lieu of payment of betterment charges
Chapter VIA - LEVY OF TOLL
Section 48A - Levy of toll
Chapter VII Section 49 - Prevention of obstruction of view of persons using any highway.--
Section 50 - Highway Authority to regulate traffic when highway declared unsafe
Section 51 - Prohibition of use of heavy vehicles on certain highways
Section 52 - Procedure to be followed when Highway Authority desires permanently to close any highway
Section 53 - Consent of Highway Authority required to do certain acts on highway
Section 54 - Prevention and rectification of damaged highway
Chapter VIII Section 55 - Disobedience of orders, instructions and refusal to give information, etc
Section 56 - Contravention of restrictions relating to access or erecting any building, etc
Section 57 - Unauthorised occupation of highway
Section 58 - Causing damage to highways
Section 58A - Entry to bridges etc., without paying toll
Section 59 - General provision for punishment of offences
Section 60 - Power to compound offences
Chapter IX Section 61 - Revision
Section 62 - Powers and duties of police
Section 63 - Duties of village officials
Section 64 - Power to utilise highway for other than road purposes
Section 65 - Summary eviction
Section 66 - Inquiries
Section 67 - Registration of map made under section 8 not required
Section 68 - Certain persons to be public servants
Section 69 - Bar of jurisdiction
Section 70 - Protection of persons acting in good faith and limitation of suit or prosecution
Section 71 - Service of notices and bills
Section 72 - Power to make rules
Section 73 - Savings
Section 74 - Provisions of this Act or rules to prevail over inconsistent provisions in other laws
Section 75 - Building and control lines along National Highways
Section 76 - Repeal
Schedule I - SCHEDULE
AmendingActs I - Amendment of section 23 of Act I of 1894
Amending Act II - Amendment of section 24 of Act I of 1894