Power to acquire lands and buildings for public streets, public parking places and transportation terminals

Power to acquire lands and buildings for public streets, public parking places and transportation terminals:

1. (1) The Board of Councillors may, subject to the other provisions of this Act,-
   • (a) require any land together with structure, if any, standing thereon to be acquired for the purpose of opening, widening, extending or otherwise improving any public street, parking or transportation terminal, square, park or garden or of making a new one or for enforcing regular line of street;
   • (b) require in relation to any land or building as aforesaid, such land or building to be acquired as the Board of Councillors may think expedient, outside the regular line or projected regular line of public street as aforesaid.
2. (2) Where a land or building is required to be acquired under sub-section (1) and the Board of Councillors is satisfied that the remaining portion of the land will not be suitable or fit for any beneficial use to the owner, it shall, at the request of the owner, proceed for the acquisition in addition of such remaining portion of the land.
3. (3) Where any land or building is required to be acquired under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the procedure laid down in section 82 shall apply.