Power to make rules
4.(1) The Government may, after previous publication, make rules-
(i) for the regulation and safety of traffic on Government roads;
[(ia) for the regulation of construction works within ten meters of such Government roads called National Highways and Regional Highways;]
(ii) for the prevention of obstruction and encroachments and of nuisances on or near such roads;
(iii) for the preservation of such road; and
(iv) for the temporary closing of such roads for repairs or other works, or for the purposes specifically set forth in section 3.
(2) and (3) [Omitted by section 6 of the Bengal Highways (Extension to Sylhet) Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance No. LXII of 1959).]
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