Act Info:Preamble1 - THE CONTROL OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (LAND AND TRAFFIC) ACT, 2002
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter 2
Section3 - Establishment of Highway Administrations
Section4 - Powers and functions of Highway Administration
Section5 - Establishment of Tribunals
Section6 - Composition of Tribunal
Section7 - Qualifications for appointment as Presiding Officer
Section8 - Term of office
Section9 - Staff of Tribunal
Section10 - Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer
Section11 - Vacancies in Tribunal
Section12 - Resignation and removal
Section13 - Financial and administrative powers of Presiding Officer
Section14 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority of Tribunal
Section15 - Bar of jurisdiction
Section16 - Procedure and powers of Tribunal
Section17 - Conditions as to making of interim order
Section18 - Execution of orders of Tribunal
Section19 - Limitation
Section20 - Appointment of officers to act on behalf of Highway Administration
Section21 - Delegation of powers
Section22 - Power to transfer jurisdiction
Chapter 3
Section23 - Highway land to be deemed as property of Central Government
Section24 - Prevention of occupation of highway land
Section25 - Grant of lease or licence of highway land for temporary use
Section26 - Removal of unauthorised occupation
Section27 - Recovery of cost of removal of unauthorised occupation and fine imposed
Chapter 4
Section28 - Right of access
Section29 - Procedure for permission to access to Highway
Section30 - Regulation or diversion of access, etc.
Chapter 5
Section31 - Highway Administration to regulate traffic when Highway deemed unsafe
Section32 - Prohibition of use of heavy vehicles on certain Highways
Section33 - Temporary closure of traffic on Highway
Section34 - Permanent closure of Highway
Section35 - Power to restrict the use of vehicles
Section36 - Prevention and repair of damage to Highway
Section37 - Prohibition to leave vehicles or animals in dangerous position
Chapter 6
Section38 - Construction on highway land
Chapter 7
Section39 - Offence and penalty
Chapter 8
Section40 - Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner
Section41 - Finality of orders
Section42 - Duty of village officials
Section43 - Conduct of inquiry
Section44 - Presiding Officers and employees of Tribunals, etc., to be public servants
Section45 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section46 - Offences by companies
Section47 - Procedure for service of notices, etc.
Section48 - Act to have overriding effect
Section49 - Power to remove difficulties
Section50 - Power to make rules