Provisions of this act or rules to prevail over inconsistent provisions in other laws

(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the manner in which the highway authorities shall function; (b) the procedure for preparation and maintenance of maps; (c) the manner in which compensation shall be determined; (d) the procedure for any inquiry under this Act; (e) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed by rules under this Act. Save, as provided in any Central Act relating to cantonments, Railways, Telegraph and Electricity, the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder in regard to any matter dealt with, thereby shall prevail over the provisions of any other law made by the State Legislature is competent to make or to amend, in so far as such law is inconsistant with the said provisios or rules and such law to the extent of such inconsistency, shall cease to apply or shall not apply to any such matter. (1) Provided that if any highway is declared to a National Highway under the National Highway Act 1956 (Central Act, XL, VIII of 1956), it shall be lawful for the State Government to fix the building and control lines for different portions of the said highway under section 12 or to levy betterment charges under section 42 on lands, the value of which has increased by reasons of the construction or proposed constructions of such highway and thereafter the provisioins of this Act in so far they apply to the restrictions on buildings between the highway boundary and the building line or between the building line and control and other provisions relating to such building and control lines, as the case may be and the provisions of this Act relating to the levy of betterment charges shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.