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Restriction on erection of or addition to buildings within street alignment or building line.- (1) No person shall construct any portion of any building within a street alignment defined under this Chapter,- (a) not to claim compensation in the event of the Commissioner at any time thereafter calling upon him or his successors to remove any building erected or any portion thereof; and (b) to pay the expenses of such removal: Provided that the Commissioner shall, in every case in which he gives permission, report his reasons, in writing to the Chief Commissioner. (2) If the Commissioner refuses to grant permission to erect or add to any building on the ground that the proposed site falls wholly or in part within a street alignment prescribed under this Chapter and if such site or portion thereof which falls within such alignment be not acquired on behalf of the City Corporation within one year after the date of such refusal, the City Corporation shall pay reasonable compensation to the khatadar of the site. (3) No person shall erect or add to any building between a street alignment and a building line defined under this Chapter.