Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires - (a) "State Government " means Jharkhand State Government. (b) "Cess" means a tax in the nature of a tax on sale of goods, imposed and collected on sale of motor spirit commonly known as petrol and high speed diesel oil for the purposes of this Act; (c) "Development" includes new construction, maintenance, upgradation, strengthening, widening, improvement, rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair and includes all other activities relating to development of infrastructure and facilities related to road sector; (d) "Fund" means the State Road Development Fund established under sub-section (1) of Section 7; (e) "Person" shall include any company, a firm or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not; (f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "Highways authority" means highways authority appointed under sec 4 of The Jharkhand Highways Act, 2005 (Jharkhand Act 07, 2006); (h) "State road" means any roadway or lands declared under sec 4 of The Jharkhand Highways Act, 2005 (Jharkhand Act 07, 2006); within the State and includes - (i) all lands appurtenant thereto; (ii) all approach roads, bridges, flyovers, culverts, tunnels, causeway, carriage-ways and other structures on, over, along or across such roads; and (iii) all fences, trees, posts and boundaries, two hundred meter and kilometer stones of such roads, but does not include a National Highway.