Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act, 1901

The Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act, 1901[2] is a Law enacted by the Parliament of India and introduced by the Ministry of Defence to deal with exemption of toll charges where applicable for regular armed forces including all family members of Indian Armed Forces extending from Indian Army to Central Armed Police Forces. In tha wake of new legislation and policy formulation, the act was later revised by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to disassociate the exemptions for family members from the provision of section 3 and 4 and those only "on duty" would be entitled for the exemption and does not pertain to the retired personnel.[3][1]

The Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act, 1901
Parliament of India
Enacted byParliament of India
Enacted22 February 1901
Commenced01 April 1901
Administered byMinistry of Defence
Introduced byMinistry of Defence
Status: In force

Purpose
  1. The purpose of Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901, extends to the entire territories and states administered by India.[4]
  2. As stated in the revised Act, there will not be exemption available when traveling in personal vehicles, even used for official purposes like discharging an armed official for duty.[5]
  3. All regular or in-service officers (except retired personnels) ranking from juniors to seniors when proceeding to during duties or returning from on-duty, whether they belong to Navy, Air force, or land-based branch are liable to exempt for all tolls, except "certain tolls for the transit of barges".[6][7]

Penalty

Any person whether they are road and transport officials or belonging to their respective branchs of Road tax, if demands toll exempted in provisions of section 3 or section 4 "shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees".[8][9]

Compensation

If compensation claims are made by any owner, company, railways administration or local authority for any loss alleged to have been incurred to the operation of this Act, the claim shall be submitted to the central government.[10][11]

References
  1. "Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901". India Code. 1901-02-22. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  2. "Salute Or Give Standing Ovation To Defence Personnel, NHAI Tells Toll Plaza Staff".
  3. "Salute the soldiers, government orders toll plaza staff in the country".
  4. "Section 1 in The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  5. Thakur, Bhartesh Singh (2014-08-14). "Veterans rue withdrawal of toll tax exemption to serving army personnel". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  6. "The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". www.indianarmy.nic.in. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  7. "India Code: Section Details". India Code. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  8. "Section 5 in The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  9. "India code details".
  10. "Section 6 in The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  11. "the indian tolls (army and air force) act, 1901" (PDF).
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