Act Number: 48

Act Name: The National Highways Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-09-11

Long Title: An Act to provide for the declaration of certain highways to be national highways and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Department:

Section 1: 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 date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 15th April, 1957, vide S.R.O. 1180(E), dated 4th April, 1957, see Gazette of India, 1957, Part II, s. 3(ii).
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