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 4: National highways to vest in the Union
    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.
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