LawgistThe National Highways Act
2Declaration of certain highways to be national highways
(1) Each of the highways specified in the Schedule 1*** is hereby declared to be a national highway.
(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any other highway to be a national highway and on the publication of such notification such highway shall be deemed to be specified in the Schedule.
(3) The Central Government may, by like notification, omit any highway from the Schedule and on the publication of such notification, the highway so omitted shall cease to be a national highway.
Download our fully-offline, High speed android app.- Click here
1. The words "except such parts thereof as are situated within any municipal area" omitted by Act 16 of 1997, s. 2 (w.e.f. 24- 1-1997).
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Declaration of certain highways to be national highways
- 3 Definitions
- 3A Power to acquire land, etc
- 3B Power to enter for survey, etc
- 3C Hearing of objections
- 3D Declaration of acquisition
- 3E Power to take possession
- 3F Right to enter into the land where land has vested in the Central Government
- 3G Determination of amount payable as compensation
- 3H Deposit and payment of amount
- 3-I Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court
- 3J Land Acquisition Act 1 of 1894 not to appl
- 4 National highways to vest in the Unio
- 5 Responsibility for development and maintenance of national highways
- 6 Power to issue direction
- 7 Fees for services or benefits rendered on national highways
- 8 Omitted.
- 8A Power of Central Government to enter into agreements for development and maintenance of national highways
- 8B Punishment for mischief by injury to national highway
- 9 Power to make rules
- 10 Laying of notifications, rules, etc., before Parliament
