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Section 309: Acquisition of the remaining part of a building and land after their portions within a regular line of street have been acquired.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957Central Act · Act 66 of 1957

(1) Where a land or building is partly within the regular line of a public street and the Commissioner is satisfied that the land remaining after the excision of the portion within the said line will not be suitable or fit for any beneficial use, he may, at the request of the owner, acquire such land in addition to the land within the said line and such surplus land shall be deemed to be a part of the public street and shall vest in [[the Corporation ]].

(2) Such surplus land may thereafter be utilised for the purpose of setting forward a building under section 310.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section309
Marginal noteAcquisition of the remaining part of a building and land after their portions within a regular line of street have been acquired.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  • substituted, Act 10 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).

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