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Section 56: Contravention of restrictions relating to access or erecting any building, etc.

The Maharashtra Highways Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 55 of 1955

Whoever erects, alters or extends any building, or make any excavation or constructs any means of access to or from a highway or does any other work in contravention of the provisions of section 9, shall, on conviction, be punished-

(a) with fine which may extend to[two thousand rupees], and

(b) with further fine which may extend to [five thousand rupees] for each day after such conviction, during which the offending structure or work is not removed, demolished or cleared and the site not restored to its original condition.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Highways Act.
Section56
Marginal noteContravention of restrictions relating to access or erecting any building, etc.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Mah. 37 of 1999. These words were substituted for the words "five hundred rupees" by Mah. 37 of 1999, s. 11(a).
  • substituted, Mah. 37 of 1999. These words were substituted for the words "one hundred rupees" by Mah. 37 of 1999, s. 11(b).

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