71. Provisions of this Act or rules to prevail over inconsistent provisions in other law.
- Save as provided in section 70, the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder in regard to any matter dealt with thereby shall prevail over the provisions of any other law made by the State Legislature or any law which the State Legislature is competent to make or to amend, in so far as such law is inconsistent with the said provisions or rules and such law to the extent of such inconsistency shall cease to apply or shall not apply to any such matter:Provided that if any highway is declared to be a National Highway under the National Highway Act, 1956 (Central Act XLVIII of 1956), it shall be lawful for the State Government to fix the building and control lines for different portions of the said highway under section 6 or to levy betterment charges under section 41 on lands the value of which has increased by reasons of the construction or proposed constructions of such highway and thereafter the provision 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 shall, or as the case may, the provisions of this Act relating to the levy of betterment charges shall. mutatis mutandis, apply.
