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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 171

Maintenance or Aiding of Hospitals or Dispensaries

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 171 is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - Maintenance or Aiding of Hospitals or Dispensaries. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) A1[Board] may-

(a) provide and maintain either within or without the cantonment as many hospitals and dispensaries as it thinks fit; or

(b) make, upon such terms as it thinks fit to impose, a grant-in-aid to any hospital or dispensary2[or veterinary hospital], whether within or without the cantonment, not maintained by it.

(2) Every hospital or dispensary maintained or aided under sub-section (1) shall have attached to it a ward or wards for the treatment of persons suffering from infectious or contagious diseases.

(3) A medical officer, appointed in such manner as the3[Central Government] may direct, shall be in-charge of every hospital or dispensary maintained or aided under this section.

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1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Autority".

2. Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 42.

3. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G.".

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What does Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 171 provide?

Section Section 171 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (Maintenance or Aiding of Hospitals or Dispensaries) is reproduced on this page as part of the Cantonments Act, 1924. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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