Section 4: National highways to vest in the Union

The National Highways Act, 1956Central Act · Act 48 of 1956

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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The National Highways Act, 1956
Section	4
Marginal note	National highways to vest in the Union
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

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