Acquisition of lands and buildings for improvement of streets

("Acquisition of lands and buildings for improvement of streets")

1. (1) The commissioner may, subject always to such sanction as may be required under Chapter III, acquire—
   • (a) any land required for the purpose of widening, opening, extending or otherwise improving any public street or of making any new public street, and the buildings, if any, standing upon such land;
   • (b) any land outside the proposed street alignment, with the buildings, if any, standing thereupon which the council may consider it expedient to acquire.
2. (2) Any land or building acquired under clause (b) of sub-section (1), may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of after public advertisement, and any conveyance thereof may comprise such conditions as the standing committee may think fit.