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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 178A

Sanction for Building

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 178A is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - Sanction for Building. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[178A. Sanction for building,

No person shall erect or re-erect a building on any land in a cantonment--

(a) in an area, other than the civil area, except with the previous sanction of the Board;

(b) in a civil area, except with the previous sanction of the Executive Officer,

nor otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and of the rules and bye-laws made under this Act relating to the erection and re-erection of buildings.]

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1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 100, for section 178A w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

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Section Section 178A of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (Sanction for Building) 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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