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Subject to the provisions contained in Chapter X, the Commissioner may- (a) acquire any land required for the purpose of opening, widening, extending or otherwise improving any public street or of making any new public street and any building standing upon such land; (b) acquire in relation to any such land or building, all such land with buildings, if any thereon as the Corporation may think expedient to acquire outside the regular line or the intended regular line, of such street. Explanation.- When any land is required for a new street or for the improvement of an existing street, the Government may on the request of the Corporation proceed to acquire, in addition to the land to be occupied by the street, the land necessary for the sites of the buildings to be erected on both sides of the street, and such land shall be deemed to be required for the purposes of this Act.