Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter XVII

The¹[Central Government) may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to any conditions as to compensation or otherwise which it thinks fit to impose, extend to any area beyond a cantonment and in the vicinity thereof, with or without restriction or modification, any of the provisions of Chapters IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV and XV or of any rule or bye-law made under this Act for the cantonment which relates to the subject-matter of any of those Chapters, and every enactment, rule or bye-law so extended shall thereupon apply to that area as if the area were included in the cantonment.

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1. Substituted By The A.O. 1937, for "L.G.".

¹[286A. Power to delegate functions to the President, etc. --

(1) The Board may, by a resolution passed in this behalf, delegate to the President, Vice-president, Executive Officer or Health Officer, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the resolution, all or any of its functions under clause (b) of sub-section (5) of section 119, section 161, section 163, section 168, section 169, section 196 and section 197.

(2) The civil area committee may, by passing a similar resolution, delegate subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in such resolution, all or any of its functions under section 189 and section 195 to the Vice-President, Executive Officer or Health Officer.]

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1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 162, for Section 286A (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

(1) Paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 54, and section 59, 107 and 123 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1 882 (4 of 1882), with respect to the transfer of property by registered instrument, shall, on and from the commencement of this Act, extend to every cantonment.

¹[(2) The Registrar or Sub-Registrar of the district or sub-district formed for the purposes of the²[Registration Act], 1 908 (16 of 1908), in which any cantonment is situated, shall,³[when any document relating to immovable property within the cantonment is registered, send information of the registration] forthwith⁴[to the Executive Officer and the Defence Estates Officer and] such other authority as the Central Government may prescribe in this behalf.]

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1. Substituted by Act 35 of 1926, section 11, for the original sub-section.

2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 163, for "Indian Registration Act" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

3. Substituted by Act 10 of 1927, section 2 and Sch. I, for the certain words.

4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 163, for "to the Board or" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

No notice, order, requisition, licence, permission in writing or other such document issued under this Act shall be invalid merely, by reason of any defect of form.

A copy of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order or other document or of any entry in a register, in the possession of a¹[Board] shall, if duly certified by the legal keeper thereof or other person authorised²[by the Executive Officer] in this behalf, be admissible in evidence of the existence of the document or entry, and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters and transactions therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent to which, the original document or entry would, if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters.

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

2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 164, for "by the Board" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

No officer or servant of a¹[Board] shall, in any legal proceeding to which the¹[Board] is not a party, be required to produce any register or document the contents of which can be proved under section 289 by a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to prove any matter or transaction recorded therein save by order of the court made for special cause.

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

For the purposes of the Government Buildings Act, 1899, cantonments and¹[Boards] shall be deemed to be municipalities and municipal authorities respectively²[and the references to the State Government in section 4 of that Act shall be construed as references to Central Government].

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

2. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 165 (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

[Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1927 (12 of 1927), section 2 and Sch.]