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Difzmtzons.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- ( a) "bridge" means any bridge on a highway, but does not include a bt idg·. the cost of c• nstruction of whi( h (including the cost of construc·ion of the approach road~ necessary f01 conmcting the b·1dge to the highway) ia less th,m fifteen lokhs rupees; (b) "highway" means any road or way over which the public have a right of way. or are grantfd access, but doe~ not include any highway declared to be a national h1ghway under the National H1ghways Act, 1956 (Central Act 4B.of 1956) ; (c) "motor vehicle" means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads, whether the power of propuls on is transmuted thereto from any external or internal source, and inchtdes a chassis to which a body has not been attached ancl a tratler ; • (d) "owner'" means, where the person in possession of a v• h1cle is a minor, the guardian of such minor and in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase agreem('nt, the person in possession of the vrhicle under that agreement ; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) "toll" means the toll levied under this Act.