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Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “appointed day”, in relation to a Tribunal, means the date on which such Tribunal is established under sub-section (1) of section 5; (b) “building” means any work of construction done in any manner by use of any material and includes a farm building for agricultural purposes, plinth, doorstep, wall, drain, advertisement board and other things fixed with such building; (c) “construct”, with its grammatical variations, in relation to a building, means to construct, reconstruct, erect, re-erect, extend or alter structurally a building; (d) “cost of land” means the market value of the land as determined by the competent authority of the State Government or the Government of the Union territory appointed for such determination, as the case may be; (e) “Highway” means a National Highway declared as such under section 2 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) and includes any Expressway or Express Highway vested in the Central Government, whether surfaced or unsurfaced, and also includes— (i) all lands appurtenant to the Highway, whether demarcated or not, acquired for the purpose of the Highway or transferred for such purpose by the State Government to the Central Government; (ii) all bridges, culverts, tunnels, causeways, carriageways and other structures constructed on or across such Highway; and (iii) all trees, railings, fences, posts, paths, signs, signals, kilometre stone and other Highway accessories and materials on such Highways; (f) “Highway Administration” means the Highway Administration established under section 3; (g) “highway land” means the land of which the Central Government is, or is deemed to be, the owner under sub-section (1) of section 23; (h) “land” includes benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;