Prescribing the regular line of a street.

1. (1) The Commissioner may:—
   • (a) prescribe a line on each side of any public street: Clause (c) was inserted by Bom. 13 of 1933, s. 34. Section 297 was substituted for the original section by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 42.

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1[Provided that in the case of any public street in the suburbs the regular line of a public street operative under any law in force in any part of the suburbs on the day immediately preceding the date of coming into force of the Bombay Municipal (Extension of Limits) Act, 1950 (Bom. VII of 1950),

2[land in the case of any public street in the extended suburbs the regular line of a public street operative under any law in force in any part of the extended suburbs on the day immediately preceding the date of the coming into force of the Bombay Municipal [Further Extension of Limits and Schedule BBA (Amendment)] Act, 1956 (Bom. LVIII of 1956)] shall be deemed to be a line prescribed by the Commissioner under this clause.]

1. (b) from time to time, but subject in each case to his receiving the authority of the corporation in that behalf, prescribe a fresh line in substitution for any line so prescribed or for any part thereof provided that such authority shall not be accorded—
   • (i) unless, at least one month before the meeting of the corporation at which the matter is decided public notice of the proposal has been given by the Commissioner by advertisement in local newspapers as well as in the 3[Official Gazette], and special notice thereof, signed by the Commissioner, has also been put up in the street or part of the street for which such fresh line is proposed to be prescribed, and
   • (ii) until the corporation have considered all objections to the said proposal made in

writing and delivered at the office of the municipal secretary not less than three clear days

before the day of such meeting.

1. (2) The line for the time being prescribed shall be called ‘the regular line of the street’.
2. (3) No person shall construct any portion of any building within the regular line of the street except with the written permission of the Commissioner, who shall, in every case in which he gives such permission, at the same time report his reasons in writing to the 4[Standing Committee].