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    "id": 17001,
    "slug": "haryana-mechanical-vehicles-levy-of-tolls-act-1996",
    "title": "Haryana Mechanical Vehicles (Levy of Tolls) Act, 1996",
    "short_title": "Haryana Mechanical Vehicles (Levy of Tolls) Act, 1996",
    "act_number": "Haryana Act No. 9 of 1996",
    "act_year": 1996,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Haryana",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Haryana Mechanical Vehicles (Levy of Tolls) Act, 1996",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of objects and Reasons.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"Government\" means the Government of State of Haryana;\n(b) \"mechanical vehicle\" means any laden vehicle designed to be driven under its own power including a motor vehicle as defined in Clause (28) of Section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, but does not include a cart or bicycle;\n(c) \"National Highways\" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the National Highways Act, 1956;\n(d) \"Toll Collector\" means a person authorised by State Government to collect toll in respect of any mechanical vehicle under this Act and includes a Government servant or an agent appointed for this purpose;\n(e) \"toll facility\" means road facilities or road infrastructure and shall include bridges, tunnels, flyovers, ferries, approach road or section of new roads or by-passes which may, from time to time, be notified as such by the State Government;\n(f) \"urban road links\" means, -\n(a) a portion of existing National Highways lying within towns having a population of 20,000 or more; and\n(b) roads in towns having a population of 20,000 or more connecting the points of the two or more National Highways at the boundary of the town.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Levy of toll and payment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Authorisation for collection of toll.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Procedure.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Erection of barrier.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Duties to maintain account books, records etc. in respect of tolls and maintenance of road facility.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) maintain such account books and records in respect of the payment collection of tolls, as may be prescribed;\n(b) furnish to the Government such information, returns and accounts in respect of the payment and collection of tolls, as may be prescribed;\n(c) permit any person authorised by the Government to have access to, or to examine or inspect, any account books, records, documents, machinery or equipment maintained or used for the payment or collection of tolls.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Duties for maintenance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Power of Toll Collector.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Officers and penalties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) attempts to pass on a toll facility without complying with the provisions of this Act; or\n(b) obstructs the Toll Collector in the discharge of his duties imposed by or under this Act; or\n(c) contravenes any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any order or direction made under any such provision or rule, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of one thousand rupees, which may extend to five thousand rupees and in default, sentenced to simple imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Bar of jurisdiction of civil Courts.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to exempt.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Repeal.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "hl385",
        "Act Number": "Haryana Act No. 9 of 1996",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1996",
        "Short Title": "Haryana Mechanical Vehicles (Levy of Tolls) Act, 1996",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Haryana"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}