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The National Highways Act

An Act to provide for the declaration of certain highways to be national highways and for matters connected therewith.
1956
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. All sections

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Declaration of certain highways to be national highways
  4. 3
     Definitions
  5. 3A
     Power to acquire land, etc
  6. 3B
     Power to enter for survey, etc
  7. 3C
     Hearing of objections
  8. 3D
     Declaration of acquisition
  9. 3E
     Power to take possession
  10. 3F
     Right to enter into the land where land has vested in the Central Government
  11. 3G
     Determination of amount payable as compensation
  12. 3H
     Deposit and payment of amount
  13. 3-I
     Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court
  14. 3J
     Land Acquisition Act 1 of 1894 not to appl
  15. 4
     National highways to vest in the Unio
  16. 5
     Responsibility for development and maintenance of national highways
  17. 6
     Power to issue direction
  18. 7
     Fees for services or benefits rendered on national highways
  19. 8
     Omitted.
  20. 8A
     Power of Central Government to enter into agreements for development and maintenance of national highways
  21. 8B
     Punishment for mischief by injury to national highway
  22. 9
     Power to make rules
  23. 10
     Laying of notifications, rules, etc., before Parliament