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(1) The chief officer shall subject to the approval of the municipality prescribe a line on each side of every public street within the municipal borough and may from time to time prescribe a fresh line in substitution for any line so prescribed or for any part thereof: Provided that- (a) at least one month previous to prescribing such line or such fresh line, as the case may be, the chief officer shall give public notice of the proposal and shall put up special notice thereof in the street or part of the street for which such line or such fresh line is proposed to be prescribed; (b) the chief officer shall comply with any orders passed by the municipality after considering any written objection or suggestion in regard to such proposal. delivered at the office of the municipality within such time as may be specified in such public or special notice : Provided further that the width of the street as per line once prescribed shall not be curtailed or that the line once prescribed shall not be shifted towards the centre of the street without the sanction of the Collector. (2) The line for the time being so prescribed shall be called "the regular line of the public street". Right to proceed in certain cases. Penalty. Regular line of a public street. [1964 : Guj. 34 Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (3) (a) Except under the provisions of section 176 no person shall construct or reconstruct any portion of any building within the regular line of the public street without the permission of the chief officer under section