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National Highways Act, 1956 Section 4

Title: National Highways to Vest in the Union

State: Central

Year: 1956

All national highways shall vest in the Union, and for the purposes of this Act "highways" include-- (i) all lands appurtenant thereto, whether demarcated or not; (ii) all bridges, culverts, tunnels, causeways, carriageways and other structures constructed on or across such highways; and (iii) all fences, trees, posts and boundary, furlong and milestones of such highways or any land appurtenant to such highways.

Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day", in relation to a Tribunal, means the date on which such Tribunal is established under sub-section (1) of section 5; (b) "building" means any work of construction done in any manner by use of any material and includes a farm building for agricultural purposes, plinth, doorstep, wall, drain, advertisement board and other things fixed with such building; (c) "construct" with its grammatical variations, in relation to a building, means to construct, reconstruct, erect, re-erect, extend or alter structurally a building; (d) "cost of land" means the market value of the land as determined by the competent authority of the State Government or the Government of the Union territory appointed for such determination, as the case may be; (e) "Highway" means a National Highway declared as such under section 2 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) and includes any Expressway or Express Highway vested in the Central.....

Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day", in relation to a Tribunal, means the date on which such Tribunal is established under sub-section (1) of section 5; (b) "building" means any work of construction done in any manner by use of any material and includes a farm building for agricultural purposes, plinth, doorstep, wall, drain, advertisement board and other things fixed with such building; (c) "construct" with its grammatical variations, in relation to a building, means to construct, reconstruct, erect, re-erect, extend or alter structurally a building; (d) "cost of land" means the market value of the land as determined by the competent authority of the State Government or the Government of the Union territory appointed for such determination, as the case may be; (e) "Highway" means a National Highway declared as such under section 2 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) and includes any Expressway or Express Highway vested in the Central Government, whether surfaced or unsurfaced, and also includes-- (i) all lands appurtenant to the Highway, whether demarcated or not, acquired for the purpose of the Highway or transferred for such purpose.....

Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Karnataka

Year: 1960

.....by notification, appoint. (ii) If in any area, the 1 [Karnataka] Public Conveyances Act, 1959, is in force, the provisions of Chapter IV of this Act and the rules made thereunder, corresponding to the provisions of the 1 [Karnataka] Public Conveyances Act, 1959, and the rules made thereunder, shall not apply to such area, and save as aforesaid the provisions of this Act shall have effect in such area. ___________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka adoptation of laws order 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973. 2. Act came into force on 15.8.1979 vide notification No. HD 53 TMR 76 dated 2.8.1979. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) animal means any elephant, camel, horse, ass, mule, cattle, sheep or goat; (b) driver means in the case of a vehicle, the person in charge or control of the vehicle for the time being, and in the case of an animal, any person driving, leading, riding or otherwise managing or controlling the animal, and the words drive, driving and driven shall be construed accordingly; (c) highway means any public thoroughfare whether a road, street, lane, bridlepath or a foot track, whether surfaced or unsurfaced, or.....

Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Karnataka

Year: 1960

.....stacks on the thoroughfare or on land attached to the thoroughfare; (d) motor vehicle means a motor vehicle as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act IV of 1939); (e) notification means a notification published in the official Gazette; (f) permit means the document issued by an authority competent to issue it authorising the use of the vehicle as a public vehicle; (g) prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) public place means a road, street, way or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of access or over which they have a right to pass, and includes any place or stand at which passengers are picked up or set down by a public vehicle; (i) public vehicle means any vehicle used or constructed or adapted to be used for the carriage of passengers or goods for hire or reward, other than a motor vehicle; (j) Schedule means a Schedule to this Act; (k) vehicle includes any wheeled conveyance drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power including human, animal, motor, steam or electric power and includes any barrow, sledge, plough, drag or like vehicle, but does not include a motor vehicle. .....

Bombay Highways Act, 1955, (Maharashtra) Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

....."building line" means a line on either side of any highway or part of a highway fixed in respect of such highway or part by a notification under sub-section (1) of section 7; (d) "cantonment" means a cantonment established under the Cantonments Act, 1924; (e) "control line" means a line on either side of a highway or part of a highway beyond the building line fixed in respect of such highway or part by a notification under sub-section (1) of section 7; (f) "encroachment" means any unauthorised occupation of any highway or part thereof, and includes an unauthorised - (i) erection of a building or any other structure, balconies, porches, projections on or over or overhanging the highway; (ii) occupation of a highway beyond the prescribed period, if any, for stacking building materials or goods of any other description, for exhibiting articles for sale, for erecting poles, awnings, tents, pandals, hoardings and other similar erections or for parking vehicles or stabling animals or for any other purpose; and (iii) excavations or dumps of any sort made or extended on any highway or underneath such highway; (g) "to erect" with its grammatical variations in relation to a.....

Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....Government or which do not already vest in the Central Government but have been acquired for the purpose of Highway shall, for the purposes of this Act, and other Central Acts, be deemed to be the property of the Central Government as owner thereof. (2) The Highway Administration shall cause to be maintained a record in the prescribed manner in which the particulars of the lands, relating to the Highway, of which the Central Government is the owner shall be entered and the entries of the particulars of such lands in any record maintained for such purpose before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the entry of the particulars of such lands made in the first said record and accordingly the Central Government shall be deemed to be the owner of the lands regarding which the entries have been made in such records maintained before the commencement of this Act. (3) Any person claiming against the ownership of the Central Government referred to in subsection (2) shall make written complaint to the Highway Administration and prove his claim before it and the Highway Administration, after considering the evidence produced by such person, may correct such records or.....

National Highways Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....(3) Pondicherry, by Regn. 7 of 1963 (1-10-1963). (4) Sikkim-See S.O. 208 (E) of 1975. SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the National Highways Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DECLARATION OF CERTAIN HIGHWAYS TO BE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (1) Each of the highways specified in the Schedule4[***]is hereby declared to be a national highway. (2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any other highway to be a national highway and on the publication of such notification such highway shall be deemed to be specified in the Schedule. (3) The Central Government may, by like notification, omit any highway from the Schedule and on the publication of such notification, the highway so omitted shall cease to be a national highway. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS 5-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "competent authority" means any person or authority authorised by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform the functions of.....

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1888 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1888

THE MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT 1888 THE MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT 1888 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Municipal Government of '[Brihan Mumbai]. Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Municipal Government of '[Brihan Mumbai]; It is enacted as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT This Act may be cited as 2 [the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888] 3 [It] extends only to 1 [Brihan Mumbai]. SECTION 02: REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS The enactments mentioned in Schedule A are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the said Schedule: Provided that- (a) all rules and by-laws made, all notifications published, all orders issued and all I licenses and permissions granted under any of the said enactments and still in force shall, so far as they are consistent with this Act, be deemed to have been respectively made, published, issued and granted hereunder; and (b) all debts and obligations incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done, by, with or for the municipal corporation before this Act comes into force shall be.....

Assam Highways Act, 1989 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1989

ASSAM HIGHWAYS ACT, 1989 ASSAM HIGHWAYS ACT, 1989 [ Act No. 18 of 1995] [ 22nd August, 1995] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the regulation of road development and Road transport in State of Assam Whereas it is expedient to provide generally for the regulation of road development and road transport so as secure for the public such conditions as will ensure the maximum efficiency of all means of road along roads, in the State of Assam. It is hereby enacted in the Fortieth year of the Republic of India as follows, namely : Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Assam Highways Act, 1989. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Assam. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context - (1) "animal" means any elephant, camel, horse, ass, mule, cattle, sheep or goat; (2) "betterment" when applied to land means the increase in the value of any land arising from the execution in its vicinity of a highway development scheme at.....