Acquisition of land within the line of road

(1) If any building or any part of a building abutting on a public road is within the road-line, the Authority may require such building to be set back to the prescribed line, whenever it is proposed- (a) to rebuild such building or to take down such building; or (b) to remove, reconstruct or make any addition to or structural alteration in any portion of, such building as is within the regular line of the road. (2) When any building or any part thereof within the road-line falls down or is burnt down or is taken down under the provisions of this Act or otherwise, the road-line formerly occupied by the said building and, if necessary, clear the same. (3) The land taken possession of under sub-section shall henceforward be deemed to be a part of the public road.