Section 44
Presiding Officers and employees of the Tribunals, etc., to be public servants.
The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
About this Act
An Act to provide for control of land within the National Highways, right of way and traffic moving on the National Highways and also for removal of unauthorised occupation thereon.
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[44. Officers of Highways Administration to be public servant.--The officer or officers
constituting the Highways Administration and any other officer authorised by such Administration under
this Act, shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this
Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 167, for section 44 (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).