The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint for the purpose of this Act or any of its provisions any person or any authority to be a Highway Authority for all the highways 1[in the State]or, in parts 2[thereof] or for any particular highway or highways 3[therein], specified in the notification:
4[Provided that, in case in any highways or highways notified under section 3, to be developed by or transferred, assigned, handed over for construction, maintenance, development or improvement to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited, in that case, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited shall be the Highway Authority, for that highway or highways.]
4[Provided that, in case in any highways or highways notified under section 3, to be developed by or transferred, assigned, handed over for construction, maintenance, development or improvement to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited, in that case, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited shall be the Highway Authority, for that highway or highways.]
Source footnotes
1.These words were substituted for the words "in the Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra" by Mah. 42 of 1965, s. 5.2. This word was substituted for the words "of the State" by the Bombay Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1956.
3. This word was substituted for the words "in the Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra" by Mah. 42 of 1965, s. 5.
4. This proviso was inserted by Mah. 28 of 2016, s. 3.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Declaration of roads, ways or lands as highways.Section 5 · Powers and duties of Highway Authorities.Section 6 · Officers and servants of Highway Authority.Section 7 · Power to fix boundary, building and control lines of Highways.Section 8 · Map to be prepared and maintained.Section 9 · Restrictions on buildings between highway boundary and building line and between building and control lines.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 19 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2024-08-14. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.