Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 19

¹[(1) (a) Any elected member of a Board who wishes to resign his office may give his resignation in writing to the President of the Board who shall forward it for orders to the Central Government under intimation to the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command.

(b) Any nominated member of a Board who wishes to resign his office may forward his resignation in writing through the President of the Board to the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command for orders.]

(2) If the²[Central Government or the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, as the case may be,]accepts the resignation, such acceptance shall be communicated to the Board, and thereupon the seat of the member resigning shall become vacant.

³[(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the resignation of any person elected to more than one seat in a Board from all but one of the seats in pursuance of sub-section (1A) of section 17 shall take effect when such resignation is received by the President of the Board.]

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1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 12, for sub-section (1) w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 12, for "Central Government" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

3. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 12 w.e.f. 1-10-1983.