law: The Central Road Fund Act, 2000
  2. Definitions.-
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,-
  a.  
  
    "appointed
  
  day" means the date on which the Fund is established under sub-section (1)
  
  of section 6;
  b.  
  
    "cess"
  
  means a duty in the nature of duty of excise and customs, imposed and collected
  
  on motor spirit commonly known as petrol and high speed diesel oil for the
  
  purposes of this Act;
  c.  
  
    "Fund"
  
  means the Central Road Fund established under sub-section (1) of section 6;
  d.  
  
    "national
  
  highways" means the highways specified in the Schedule to the National
  
  Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) or any other highway declared as national
  
  highway under sub-section (2) of section 2 of the said Act;
  e.  
  
    "National
  
  Highways Authority of India" means an authority constituted under
  
  sub-section (1) of section 3 of the National Highways Authority of India Act,
  
  1988 (68 of 1988);
  f.  
  
    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act.