Section 28: Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"court" includes an area court;
"decking and drainage work" includes the provision of approaches, culverts and other erections on a Federal highway over or through water, and the making of drain and other water courses on or onto adjoining or adjacent land;
"Federal highway" means trunk roads including any approaches thereto whether formed or not in relation to which the Minister may exercise the powers conferred upon him by or under this Act, that is to say-
(a) land acquired for the purposes of this Act and deemed to be a Federal highway under section 2 of this Act;
(b) roads declared pursuant to section 25 of this Act to be Federal highways;
(c) Federal trunk roads within the context of item 63 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999; and
(Cap. C23.)
(d) decking and drainage works on such land and roads;
"local authority" means with reference to an area, whether settled or not, a body with powers statutory or customary, of local administration;
"Minister" means the Minister charged with responsibility for Federal highways;
"vehicle" includes any means of conveyance whatsoever which is provided with means of locomotion on a Federal highway and used or intended to be used or capable of being used thereon for the carriage of persons or goods or both, or is capable of being adapted to any purpose and used on a Federal highway.
(2) For the purposes of section 1 (3) of this section, the references to the Federal Government and the government of a State are references to the President and the Governor of a State, respectively.
(3) For the purposes of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 land acquired under section 24 of this Act and roads declared pursuant to section 25 of this Act shall be deemed to have been duly declared as Federal trunk roads.
[Cap. C23.]