Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS (1) 'Ihe State Covernment may make rules for the regulation of the construction and maintenance of highway and generally for carrying into effect the purposes of Part 11 to IV of this Act. (2) In particular and withoutprejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) (b) (0) (d) (e) (f) (3) 7 (h) (i) the preparation of schemes for the development of new or improvement of, or repairs to existing, highways; the standards that have to be followed in determininga standard width and building and control lines in respect of various types of highway ; the prevention of obstructiOn of view or distraction of attention of persons using suchihighways and of annoyance, danger or injury to the public; the prevention of obstruction, encroachment and nuisances on or near, and of damages to such highways ; the proper maintenance of boundary marks demarcating highway boundaries and building and control lines; the prescription of various forms of application required to be made and the forms of notice and bills required to be served on persons, the charges to be made For the supply of copies of plan, etc. and the rent or other charges to be jmposed or levied under the provisions of this Act; the general guidance of the highway authority and the Planning Board in the discharge of their functions under this Act ; the transaction of business by a Planning Board including appointment of a chairman, his powers, his remuneration and travelling allowance, etc. and those of the other ofiicers of the Board and the appointment of Stafifor the Board ; the maintenanee of accounts by a Planning Board and the method of audit of such accounts; and (j) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. CHAPTER—XII GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS