Building and control lines along national highways and levy of betterment charges

Section 74 of the Maharashtra Highways Act deals with building and control lines along national highways and levy of betterment charges. For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that nothing in this Act shall apply to highways which are or have been declared by or under any law made by Parliament to be national highway : Provided that if any highway is declared to be a national highway by or under any law made by Parliament, The Act was enacted on 22 Dec 1955.

74. Building and Control lines along national highways ¹[and levy of betterment charges].- For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that nothing in this Act shall apply to highways which are or have been declared by or under any law made by Parliament to be national highway :

Provided that if any highway is declared to be a national highway by or under any law made by Parliament, it shall be lawful for the State Government to fix ²* * * * the building and control lines for different portions of the said highway under section 7 ³[or to levy betterment charges under section 42 on lands the value of which has increased by reason of the construction or proposed construction of such highway ;] and thereafter the provisions of this Act in so far as they apply to the restrictions on buildings between the highway boundary and the building line or between the building line and the control line and other provisions relating to such building and control lines ⁴[or as the case may be, the provisions of this Act relating to the levy of betterment charges shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.]

Section 74, The Maharashtra Highways Act (Act 55 of 1955).