Vidhi Codex

The Nagaland Highways Act 1967

The Nagaland Highways Act 1967

Infrastructure196775 sections

This Act governs the management and regulation of highways within the state of Nagaland, excluding those designated as National Highways by the central government. It defines what constitutes a highway, including roads, bridges, and associated infrastructure, and establishes rules to prevent unauthorized construction or occupation. The legislation applies to owners, occupiers, and the designated Highway Authority, aiming to maintain clear public access, prevent obstructions, and ensure safety by controlling encroachments, dumping, and unauthorized structures along state roadways.

Start reading →Read full ActSections
  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Declaration of roads, ways or lands as highways.
  4. 4. Appointment of Highway Authorities.
  5. 5. Powers and duties of Highway Authorities.
  6. 6. Officers and servants Highway Authority.
  7. 8. Map to be prepared and maintained
  8. 9. Restrictions on buildings between highway boundary and building line and between building and control lines.
  9. 10. Appeal
  10. 11. Exemptions for works in progress etc.
  11. 12. Setting back of buildings to building-line or control-line.
  12. 13. Regulation or division of right of access to Highway.
  13. 14. Powers of Highway Authority officers and servants appointee under section 6 in respect of surveys.
  14. 15. Acquisition of land or right or interest in land.
  15. 16. Land required to be marked and measure.
  16. 17. Public notice and other notices of such requirements for acquisition.
  17. 18. Persons required to make statements regarding other persons having interests.
  18. 19. Taking possession of land.
  19. 20. Lands forming part of Highway deemed to be Government property.
  20. 21. Prevention of unauthorized occupation of Highway.
  21. 22. Power to cancel permit.
  22. 23. Prevention of encroachment
  23. 24. Appeal against notice served under sub-section (1) of section 23
  24. 25. Recovery of cost of removal of encroachment
  25. 26. Doing minimum damage in certain cases and compensation
  26. 27. Determination of amount of compensation by agreement
  27. 28. Determination of amount of compensation in default of agreement
  28. 29. No compensation of similar restrictions in force under any other law or if compensation already received
  29. 30. Compensation for refusal of permission to build not to exceed difference between its value when it was refused and when it would have been granted
  30. 31. Compensation for diversion of access not to exceed cost of alternative access
  31. 32. Compensation for cutting of standing crops, trees etc
  32. 33. No compensation for unauthorized erections.
  33. 34. No compensation for removal of encroachment
  34. 35. Reference against the award of Highway Authority or authorized officer under section 28.
  35. 36. Procedure and powers of the authorities empowered to decide references under sections 35 and 44.
  36. 37. District Superintendent of Police to enforce surrender or remove any encroachment.
  37. 38. Decision of authorities under sections 35 and 44 to be enforced as decrees of Civil Court.
  38. 39. Payment of compensation awarded.
  39. 40. Payment of adjustment.
  40. 41. Notice to owners and person’s interested.
  41. 42. Inquiry and Order.
  42. 43. Power to fix boundary of building and control lines of Highways.
  43. 44. Reference against order of authorized officer under section 42
  44. 45. Finality of order fixing betterment charges and of decision on reference.
  45. 46. Betterment charges to be first charge on land next to land revenue and house tax.
  46. 47. Payment of betterment charges.
  47. 48. Relinquishment of or exchange of and in lieu of payment of betterment charge.
  48. 49. Section 49
  49. 50. Highway Authority to regulate traffic when highway declared unsafe.
  50. 51. Prohibition of use of heavy vehicles on certain highway.
  51. 52. Procedure to be followed when Highway Authority desires permanently to close any highway.
  52. 53. Consent of Highway Authority required to do certain acts on highway.
  53. 54. Prevention and rectification of damaged highway.
  54. 55. Disobedience of orders, instructions and refusal to give information, etc.
  55. 56. Contravention of restrictions relating to access or erecting any building, etc.
  56. 57. Unauthorised occupation of Highway.
  57. 58. Causing damage to Highways.
  58. 59. General provision for punishment of offences.
  59. 60. Power to compound offences.
  60. 61. Revision.
  61. 62. Powers and duties of police
  62. 63. Duties of village officials
  63. 64. Powers to utilize highway for other than road purposes
  64. 65. Summary
  65. 66. Inquiries
  66. 67. Registration Map made under section 8 not required
  67. 68. Certain persons to be public servants
  68. 69. Bar of jurisdiction
  69. 70. Protection of persons acting in faith and limitation or suit or prosecution
  70. 71. Service of notice and bills
  71. 72. Powers to make rules
  72. 73. Saving of certain rights
  73. 74. Provisions of this Act or rules prevail over inconsistent provisions in other laws
  74. 76. Building and control lines along National Highway
  75. Schedule. Amendments to the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894)

PDF: pending for this language.