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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.....

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Bombay Highways Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

.....wheeled conveyance of any description capable of being used on a highway ; (s) the expressions "land", "persons interested" and "persons entitled to act" used in this Act shall have the same meaning as the said expressions have in the Land Requisition Act, 1894. CHAPTER 02: DECLARATION OF HIGHWAYS, HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES AND THEIR POWERS AND FUNCTIONS SECTION 03: DECLARATION OF ROADS, WAYS OR LANDS AS HIGHWAYS The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any road, way or land to be a highway and classify it as " (i) a State highway (Special), (ii) a State highway, (iii) a major district road, (iv) other district road, or (v) a village road. SECTION 04: APPOINTMENT OF HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint for the purpose of this Act or any of its provisions, any person or any authority to be a Highway Authority for all the highways5[in the State] or, in parts 6[thereof] or for any particular highway or highways7[therein], specified in the notification. SECTION 05: DUTIES OF HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES Subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification appointing a Highway Authority and.....

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Bombay Highways Act, 1955, (Maharashtra) Section 49

Title: Prevention of Danger Arising from Obstruction of View, Etc., of Persons Using Any Highway

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

.....15 days from the date when such order was communicated to him, to the Collector whose decision in the matter shall be final. (5) If any person fails to comply with the notice served on him under sub-section (1) as amended or confirmed, as the case may be, under sub-section (3), the Highway Authority may take action to alter the object causing obstruction of view 3[or distraction of attention] at its own expense, and such expenditure shall be recovered from such person in accordance with the provisions of section 25, without prejudice to any other action which may be taken against him. __________________________ 1. This marginal note was substituted for the original by Mah. 42 oi' 1965, Section 8(c). 2. These words were inserted, ibid., Section 8. 3. These words were inserted by Mah. 42 of 1965, Section 8.

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

..... (6) "conductor's licence" means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter III authorising the person specified therein to act as a conductor; (7) "contract carriage" means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum- (a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or (b) from one point to another, and in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes- (i) a maxicab; and (ii) a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers; (8) "dealer" includes a person who is engaged- (a) 1 [ x x x] (b) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (c) in the repair of motor vehicles; or (d) in the business of hypothecation, leasing or hire-purchase of motor vehicle; (9).....

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Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 13

Title: Gaming and Setting Birds and Animals to Fight in Public Streets

State: Central

Year: 1867

A police officer may apprehend without warrant any person found playing for money or other valuable thing with cards, dice, counters or other instruments of gaming, used in playing any game not being a game of mere skill in any public street, place or thoroughfare situated within the limits aforesaid or any person setting any birds or animals to fight in any public street, place or thoroughfare situated within the limits aforesaid or any person there present aiding and abetting such public fighting of birds and animals. Such person when apprehended shall be brought without delay before a Magistrate, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees, or to imprisonment, either simple or rigorous, for any term not exceeding one calendar month; Distraction of instruments of gaming found in public street. and such police officer may seize all instruments of gaming found to such public place or on the person of those whom he shall so arrest, and the Magistrate may on conviction of the offender order such instruments to be forthwith destroyed.

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Chapter 7

Title: Construction, Equipment and Maintenance of Motor Vehicles

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....the area and during the period specified in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938 (5 of 1938). Section 113 - Limits of weight and limitations on use (1) The State Government may prescribe the conditions for the issue of permits for 1[transport vehicles] by the State or Regional Transport Authorities and may prohibit or restrict the use of such vehicles in any area or route. (2) Except as may be otherwise prescribed, no person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle which is not fitted with pneumatic tyres. (3) No person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle or trailer- (a) the unladen weight of which exceeds the unladen weight specified in the certificate of registration of the vehicle, or (b) the laden weight of which exceeds the gross vehicle weight specified in the certificate of registration. (4) Where the driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer driven in contravention of sub-section (2) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) is not the owner, a Court may presume that the offence was.....

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 116

Title: Power to Erect Traffic Signs

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....of the occurrence to a police officer or at a police station as soon as possible, and in any case within twenty four hours of the occurrence. (7) For the purpose of bringing the signs set forth in 1 [the First Schedule] in conformity with any International Convention relating to motor traffic to which the Central Government is for the time being a party, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make any addition or alteration to any such sign and on the issue of any such notification, 1 [the First Schedule] shall be deemed to be amended accordingly. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 54 of 1994, Section 36, for "the Schedule" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

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Bombay Highways Act, 1955, (Maharashtra) Section 71

Title: Power to Make Rules

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

.....: - (a) the manner in which the notification may be published in the village and at the headquarters of the 2[taluka, tahsil or mahal] under sub-section (2) of section 7; (b) the other places at which copies of map may be open to inspection under section 8; (c) the form of application and its contents under subsection (2) of section 9; 3[(d) other acts and things which may be done by the Land Acquisition Officer under section 16; (d-1) the manner in which the amount shall be deposited under section 19-C]; (e) the conditions on which and the amount of rent or charge on payment of which encroachments may be made on a highway; (f) the manner in which a reference shall be made under section 35 or 44; (g) fixation of the date on which the betterment charges shall be payable under section 47 and instalments together with the rate of interest and the period within which such instalments shall be paid under the proviso to the said section; (h) the conditions on which any land may be relinquished or delivered in exchange in favour of the State Government under section 48; (i) rules subject, to which any highway or portion of it may be closed to traffic or any class.....

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Bombay Police Act, 1951, (Maharashtra) Section 33

Title: Power to Make Rules for Regulation of Traffic and for Preservation of Order in Public Place, Etc.

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1951

.....of existing rules and orders. Notwithstanding the further amendments made in section 33 of the principal Act by clause (a) of section 2 of this Act, all the rules and orders made by a District Magistrate in exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (a), (r), (t) and (u) read with clause (y) of sub-section (1) of the said section 33 and in force in any area immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force therein, until altered or repealed or amended by a competent authority." 3. This portion was substituted for the words "The Commissioner and the District Magistrate" by Mah. 13 of 1965, s. 3(a). 4. This portion was substituted for "clauses (b), (d), (db), (e) and (g)" by Mah. 45 of 1967, s. 2(a). 5. Clause (da) was inserted by Bom. 20 of 1953, s. 6(1). 6. Clause (db) was inserted by Bom. 37 of 1959, s. 2. 7. These words were substituted for the words "any public place or" by Bom. 28 of 1954, s. 7. 8. Clause (wa) was inserted-by Bom. 20 of 1953, s. 6(1). 9. These words were inserted by Mah. 37 of 1973, s. 2(1). 10. These words were inserted by Mah. 37 of 1973, s. 2(a). 11. These words were substituted for the words "by a Board.....

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