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Powcr o r Bovd to {a) turn, divcn, disconrinue ~ h public c use of, or permancnlly I,, nrclosc cIose, any public slrctt vestcd in lhcm or any pan lhcrcof, ~ublics-l or squwc or \ - ~ ~int d ( b ) disconlinue the public use of, or pcrmanentIy closc, any public square vested in Ihcm, or any part [hereof.
(2) Whenever h e Board discondnuc thc public usc of, or permanenlly closc, any public srreet vesled in them or any parl hereof, thcy shall pay reasonable compensdion lo every person who was entitled, orhcnvisc than as n mei-e liccnsee, to use such slreel or part as a means or access and has sulfered damage Irom such discondnuancc or closing.
(3) Whenevcr [he Board disconrinue the public use of, or pcrmanenlly close, any public square ves~edin Ihcrn. or any pan thereof, they shall pay rcasonahle compensation lo evcry person-
(a) who was cntided, olhcrwisc than as a mcrc licensee, to use such square or pan as a mcans of access, or jb) whose im~novableproperly was ventilalcd by such squarc or part, and who has suffered damage,-
(i) in case (a), irom such discon~inuaoccor closing. or (ii) in case (b), rronl the usc ro which h e Board havc put such XIV of 1956.1 (ii) forward a copy of thc said nolicc LO any person whose name appcars in the municipal asessmcnr-book as being prirnari ly liablc lo pay [hc owner's share of the consolidarcd rare, or [hc ra[c on thc annual value of holdings, as thc casc may bc, in respect of any land includcd within the proposed public strccl or ~ h proposcdc public park, and (iii) forward a copy nf the said nolice and of h e plan lo which it relates to the '[Mayor, the Chainnan of any Municipaliry or Howrah] and, i f any area in [he '[(neighbourhood of lhc Howrah Municipal Corporalion and of any Muncipalily of l i o w r a l l ) is] ~ncludcdin such plan, lo h e Chairman of the local authority administering any portion of such arca, and (iv) causc copics of lhc said notice and plan lo be delivered to any applicant on payment of such Tcc as may be prescribed by mlc made under section