State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

299. Acquisition of open land or of land occupied by platforms, etc., within the regular line of a street.— (1) If any land not vesting in the corporation, whether open or enclosed, lies within the regular line of a public street, and is not occupied by a building, or if a platform, verandah, step or some other structure external to a building abutting on a public street, or a portion of a platform, verandah, step or other such structure, is within the regular line of such street, the Commissioner may, after giving to the owner of the land or building not less than seven clear days written notice of his intention so to do, take possession on behalf of the corporation of the said land with its enclosing wall, hedge or fence, if any, or of the said platform, verandah, step or other such structure as aforesaid, or of the portion of the said platform, verandah, step or other such structure aforesaid which is within the regular line of the street, and, if necessary, clear the same and the land so acquired shall thence forward be deemed a part of the public street: (2) Provided that, when the land or building is vested in 1[the 2[Government]] possession shall not be taken as aforesaid without the previous sanction of the Government concerned and, when the land or building is vested] in any corporation constituted by Royal Charter or by an Act of Parliament, 3[of the United Kingdom] or 4[by an Indian Law,] possession shall not be taken as aforesaid without the previous sanction of 5[the 6[State] Government].