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have become public streets, and the pavements, stones and other materials thereof,

shall vest in the Corporation.

1. (2) All public streets vesting in the Corporation shall be under the

soil thereof to be raised, lowered or altered or may place and keep in repair fences

Corporation.

1. (2) With the previous sanction of the Corporation, the Commissioner

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under sub-section (2) of section 217 the site of such street or of the portion thereofforming site of

b didfI d. . h C.public streets may eispose0as an vestmgIIIt eorporation.permanently closed.

Corporation-new public streets.

1. (a) layout and make new public streets;
2. (b) construct bridges and sub-ways;
3. (c) turn or divert any existing public streets; and
4. (d) lay down and determine the position and direction of a street or

received.

similar consideration.

Minimum width

of new public streets.

221. (1) TheCommissionermay-Power to prohibit

use of public

1. (a) prohibit vehicular traffic in any public street or any portionstreet for certain

1. (b) prohibitinrespect of all public streets or any particular public streets, the transit of any vehicle of such form, construction,

assistants and other general precautions and upon the

1. (c) prohibit access to premises from any particular public street

Power to acquire land and buildings for public streets and for public parking places. Defining regular lines of streets. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION[1994 : Hr. Act 16

1. (2) Notices of such prohibition as are imposed under sub-section (1)

shall be posed in conspicuous places at or near both ends of public streets or

portions thereof to which they relate, unless such prohibition applied generally to all public streets.

may-

1. (a) acquire any land required for the purpose of opening, widening,

1. (b) acquire in relation to any such land or building, all such land with

1. (1) The Commissioner may define a line on one or both sides of any

1. (2) The line for the time being defined or re-defined shall be called the regular line of street.
2. (3) No person shall construct or reconstruct any building or a portion

1. (2) When any building or any part thereof within the regular line of a

1. (3) Land acquired under this section shall be deemed to be a part of

the public street and shall vest in the Corporation.

public street and in the opinion of the Commissioner it is necessary to set back the building or part thereof to the regular line of the street, he shall request the

excision of the portion within the said line will not be suitable offit for any beneficial

1. (2) Such surplus land may thereafter be utilized for the purpose of

setting forward a building under section 228.

within regular line of streets have been acquired.

Setting back building to regular line of street. Compulsory setting back of building to regular line of streets.

Acquisition of

open land and land occupied by platforms etc. within the regular line of streets.

building and land after their portions within regular line of street have been acquired.

Setting forward of

buildings to regular line of street.

Payment of

compensation. Owner's obligation when dealing with land Lay-out plans.

under the provisions of sections 224, 225, 226 and 227 shall be made by the

1. (a) the plots into which the land is proposed to be divided for

1. (b) the reservation or allotment of any site for any street, open

space, park, recreation ground, school, market or any public

purpose;

1. (c) the intended level direction and width of streets or streets;
2. (d) the regular line of street or streets; and
3. (e) the arrangements to be made for levelling, paving, metalling flagging, channelling, sewering, draining, conserving and

lighting street or streets.

1. (2) The provisions of this Act and the bye-laws made thereunder as

1. (3) Within sixty days after the receipt of any application under

1. (4) Such sanction shall be refused-
   • (a) if the particulars shown in the lay-out plan would conflict

1. (b) if the said lay-out plan does not conform to the provisions of

this Act, and bye-laws made thereunder; or

1. (c) if any street proposed in the plan is not designed so as to

connect at one end with a street which is already open.

1. (5) No person shall utilize, sell or otherwise deal with any land or

street made in

Commissioner may, whether or not the offender, be prosecuted under this Act bybreach of section

notice,-231.

1. (a) require the offender to show cause by a written statement

1. (b) require the offender to appear before the Commissioner

notice and show cause as aforesaid.

1. (2) If any person on whom such notice is served fails to show cause

1. (3) Nothing in sections 230, 231 and this section shall apply to any

Power of Commissioner to order work to be carried out or to carry it out himself in default.

Declaration of

public streets. Prohib ition of projection upon streets, etc. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION[1994 : Hr. Act 16

233. (1) If any private street or part thereof is not levelled, paved, metalled,

flagged, channeled, sewered, drained, conserved or lighted to the satisfaction of

1. (2) If such work is not carried out within the time specified in the

arrears of tax under this Act.

1. (2) The Commissioner may, at any time, by notice fixed up in any

himself in default.

1. (1) Except as provided in section 236, no person shall erect, set-up,

add to, or place against or in front of any premises any structure or fixture which

will,-

1. (a) overhang, jut or project into, or in any way encroach upon

and obstruct in any way the safe or convenient passage of

the public along any street, or

1. (b) jut or project into or encroach upon any drain or open

1. (2) The Commissioner may by notice require the owner or occupier

1. (3) If the occupier of the said premises removes or alters any structure

with the notice.

1. (a) to erect an arcade, over such street or any portion thereof; or
2. (b) to put up a verandah, balcony, arch, connecting passage,

1. (2) The Commissioner may at any time by notice require the owner or

thereon.

premises on the ground floor of which any door, gate, bar or window opens outwards

granted in this behalf, erect or set-up any wall, fence, rail, post, step, booth or other

structure whether fixed or movable or whether of a permanent or temporary nature,

or any fixture in or upon any street or upon or over any open channel, drain, well or

tank.

1. (2) No person shall, except with the permission of the Commissioner

1. (3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any erection or thing to which clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 243 applies and nothing in

sub-section (2) shall apply to building materials.

Ground floor

streets.

Government.

Power to remove

anything deposited or exposed for sale in contravention of this Act.

Precautions during repair of streets etc.

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clause (5) of part C of section 392 and subject to any general or special order that

the Government may make in this behalf, if any street is vested in the Government,-

1. (a) the Commissioner shall not, in respect of such street grant

1. (b) the Commissioner shall, if so required by the Government, exercise

the power conferred upon him by sections 228, 235, 236 or clause

1. (5) of part C of section 392 or any bye-law made in exercise of the

street.

1. (a) any stall, chair, bench, box, ladder, bale or other thing whatsoever

1. (b) any article whatsoever hawked or exposed for sale on any public

place in contravention of this Act and any vehicle, package, box

or any other thing in or on which such article is placed.

1. (2) No person shall milk or cause or permit to be milked any cow or

buffalo in any street.

1. (3) Any animal tethered or any cow or any buffalo found being milked

as aforesaid in any street may be removed by the Commissioner or any Corporation

1. (1) The Commissioner shall, so far as is practicable during the

construction or repair of any public street, or any municipal drain or any premises

vested in the Corporation,-

1. (a) cause the same to be fenced and guarded;
2. (b) take proper precautions against accident by shoring up and protecting the adjoining buildings;

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1. (c) cause such bars, chains or posts to be fixed across or in any

1. (2) The Commissioner shall cause such street, drain or premises to

be sufficiently lighted or guarded during night while under construction or repair.

1. (3) The Commissioner shall, with all reasonable speed, cause the

1. (4) No person shall, without the permission of the Commissioner or

up and building Commissioner-materials not be deposi ted therein

1. (a) open, break up, displace, take up or make any alteration in, orwithout

1. (b) deposit any building material in any street; or
2. (c) set up in any street any scaffold or any temporary erection

or other materials.

1. (2) Any permission granted under clause (b) or clause (c) of

1. (3) The Commissioner may, without notice, cause to be removed any

not been removed within the period specified in the notice issued under sub-section (2):

application.

this chapter.

streets.

Commissioner to

take steps for repairing or enclosing places.

1. (2) The charges for removal and storage of the things sold under

sub-section(1) shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale thereof and the balance,

if any, shall be paid to the owner of the things sold on a claim being made therefor

1. (a) with the sanction of the Corporation, determine the name or

1. (b) cause to be put up or painted at a conspicuous part of any building, wall or p lace, at or near each end, corner or entrance

of such street or on some convenient part of such street, the

name or number by which it is to be known;

1. (c) cause to be put up or painted on boards of suitable size the name of any public place vested in the Corporation;
2. (d) determine the number or sub-number by which any premises

1. (2) No person shall destroy, remove, deface or in any way injure or

1. (2) The Commissioner may before giving any such notice or before

this Act.

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deposited therein without permission.

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Measures for

lighting.

1. (a) take measures for lighting in a suitable manner all such public

streets and public places as may be specified by the Corporation;

1. (b) procure, erect and maintain such number of lamps, lamp posts

and other appurtenances as may be necessary for the said

purpose;

1. (c) cause such lamps to be lighted by means of oil, electricity or such

lamps.

1. (a) any lamp or any appurtenance of any lamp or lamp posts or

lamp iron set-up in any public street or any public place;

1. (b) any electric wire for lighting such lamp;
2. (c) any post, pole, standard stay, strut, bracket or other

contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting any

electric wire or lamp.

1. (2) No person shall willfully or negligently extinguish the light of any

lamp set up in any public street or any public place.

1. (3) If any person willfully or through negligence or accident breaks

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