(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board Act, 1998.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "Board" means the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board established under section 3;
1[(b) "bridge" means a permanent or temporary bridge on a plan road and shall include such other permanent or temporary bridges or road overbridges or road underbridges or ferry services, as may from time to time be undertaken for construction or improvement by the Government;
(bb) “concession” includes any right or interest granted to a concessionaire in relation to any aspect of an 1 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 3 of 2006, Section 2 Short title and commencement.
Definitions.
infrastructure project, as well as any subsidy, subvention, grant or other similar financial incentive granted by the State Government to secure the viability and commercial efficacy of infrastructure project:]
(c) "Fund" means the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Fund constituted under section 7;
(d) "Government" means the Government of Punjab in the Department of Public Works (Building and Roads);
1[(dd) “heritage building” means a building declared as such by the State Government;
(ddd) “infrastructure project” means the construction or development or maintenance of any road or bypass or bridge or road overbridge or road underbridge or heritage building:]
(e) "National Highway" means a National Highway specified in the Schedule appended to the National Highways Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 48 of 1956);
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "plan road" means a road or part of a road other than a National Highway or a link road and shall include such other road or part of a road, as may from time to time be undertaken for construction or improvement by the Government;
(h) "regulation" means regulations made by the Board under this Act;2[**]
(i) "section" means section of this Act3[;]
4[(j) “State” means the State of Punjab; and
(k) the words and expressions used, but not defined in this Act, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them under the Punjab Mechanical Vehicles (Bridges and Roads Tolls) Act, 1998 (Punjab Act 13 of 1998).]
1 Inserted by Punjab Act No. 3 of 2006, Section 2 2 Omitted by Punjab Act No. 3 of 2006, Section 2 3 Substituted for sign “.” by Punjab Act No. 3 of 2006, Section 2 4 Added by Punjab Act No. 3 of 2006, Section 2