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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1924

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 240

Penalty

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 240 is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - Penalty. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Whoever--

(a) fails to comply with an order issued under this Chapter within the period specified therein, or, whilst an order prohibiting

him from re-entering a cantonment without permission is in force, re-enters the cantonment without such permission, or

(b) knowing that any person has, under this Chapter, been required to remove from the cantonment and has not obtained the requisite permission to re-enter it, harbours or conceals such person in the cantonment,

shall be punishable with fine which may extend to¹[five hundred rupees], and, in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine which may extend to²[fifty rupees] for every day after the first during which he has persisted in the offence.

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1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 137, for "two hundred rupees" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983)

2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 137, for "twenty rupees" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

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