Section 33

When any building or any part thereof within a regular line of street prescribed under the Planning Act [Cap. 232] or the Singapore Improvement Ordinance [1955 Ed. Cap. 259], or prior to 1st July 1927, prescribed under section 107 of the Municipal Ordinance [1936 Ed. Cap. 133] falls down or is burned down or is taken down, the Director-General shall take possession of the portion of land within the regular line of the street theretofore occupied by the building and, if necessary, clear it.

If any land, whether open or enclosed, lies within the regular line of a public street and is not occupied by a house, or if a platform, verandah, step or some other structure external to a house 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 Director-General may, after giving to the owner of the land or building not less than 7 clear days written notice of his intention to do so, take possession of that land with its enclosing wall, hedge or fence (if any) or of the said platform, verandah, step or other structure as aforesaid or of the portion of that platform, verandah, step or other structure as aforesaid and, if necessary, clear it.

Land acquired under this section shall thenceforward be deemed a part of the public street and shall vest as such in the Government.

Compensation for all lands acquired by the Government under this section shall be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act [Cap. 152] and any other written law for the time being in force governing the acquisition of land for public purposes, as if the lands were acquired for a public purpose, the date on which the regular line of street was prescribed being substituted for the date of the declaration under section 5(1) of the Land Acquisition Act [Cap. 152] for the purpose of ascertaining the market value of the land.[32