Section 4

A line so prescribed shall be called “the regular line of the street”.

Competent planning authority in certain cases may take possession of land within the regular line of street 5.—

(1)

When any building or any part of a building which lies within the regular line of the street falls down or is burned down or is taken down the competent planning authority may take possession of the portion of land within the regular line of the street that was occupied by the said building and, if necessary, clear the same.

If any land, whether open or enclosed, lies within the regular line of the street and is not occupied by a house, or if a platform, verandah, step or some other structure external to a house abutting on a public street or a portion of a platform, verandah, step or other such structure is within the regular line of the street, the competent planning authority may, after giving to the owner of the land or building not less than fourteen clear days’ notice in writing of its intention to do so, take possession of the said land with its enclosing wall, hedge or fence, if any, or of the said platform, verandah, step or such other structure and, if necessary, clear the same.

Land taken to form part of street

Land so taken possession of under this section shall be acquired by the Government at the request of the competent planning authority in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Land

Code [Cap. 81 (1958 Ed.)] and when acquired shall be deemed to be part of the public street.

Projecting verandahs, etc., may be made in streets not less than 12

metres wide