Section 28

If any street, not being a public street, is levelled, channelled, drained, paved, metalled, flagged and provided with lighting or otherwise made up to the satisfaction of the Director-General, he may, whether at the request of owners of premises fronting, adjoining or abutting on the street or otherwise, if he thinks fit, by writing under his hand, declare that at the expiration of one month from the date thereof the street shall become a public street.

A copy of such a declaration shall be forthwith posted up in some part of the said street.

At the expiration of the said period, unless the owners of the premises fronting, adjoining or abutting on the street or the owners of such premises having the greater part in value have, by notification to the Director-General in writing under their hands, objected thereto, the street shall become a public street and shall vest in the Government and for ever afterwards be repaired by the Government.

Such a declaration shall be published in the Gazette.

Where a street that has been declared to be a public street and has become vested in the Government under this section comprises premises included in separate lots already set aside as part of a street, the declaration shall be registered against those lots under the provisions of the Land Titles Act [Cap. 157] in respect of registered land and under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds Act [Cap. 269] in respect of other land.

Where a street that has been declared to be a public street and has become vested in the Government under this section comprises premises included in an existing lot or existing lots, the premises forming the street shall be excised from the existing lot or lots and the declaration shall be registered in respect of the excised portions under the provisions of the Land Titles Act in respect of registered land and under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds Act in respect of other land.

Upon such registration the premises forming the street shall vest in the Government free from all encumbrances, and where the premises are held under a statutory land grant, such vesting shall not be deemed to create a subdivision within the meaning of the State Lands Act [Cap. 314].[27