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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 131

General duties of Health Officer

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Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 131 is part of Cantonments Act, 2006 - General duties of Health Officer. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

section 127, he shall submit a report, on the execution of the contract, to the Board at its next meeting. If any contract is executed by or on behalf of a Board, otherwise than in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter, it shall not be binding on the Board. The following officers shall, for the purposes of sanitation, have control over, and bi responsible for maintaining in a sanitary condition, those parts of a cantonment, respectively, which are specified in the case of each, that is to say:--

(a) the Officer Commanding the army in the cantonment--all buildings and lands which are occupied or used for army purposes;

(b) the Officer Commanding the navy in the cantonment--all buildings and lands which are occupied or used for naval purposes;

(c) the Officer Commanding the air force in the cantonment--all buildings and lands which are occupied or used for air force purposes;

(d) the Officer Commanding the station in the cantonment--all buildings and lands, occupied or used for any defence purpose, other than those referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c);

(e) the head of any civil department or railway administration occupying as such any part of the cantonment--all buildings and lands in his charge as head of that department or administration;

(f) the head of any establishment or installation of the Defence Research and Development Organisation in the cantonment-- buildings and lands which are occupied or used for the purposes of the Defence Research and Development Organisation in the cantonment;

(g) the head of a Public Sector Undertaking-- the buildings and lands belonging to such undertaking in the cantonment;

(h) the Chief Executive Officer--the buildings and lands in the civil area of the cantonment and all other buildings and lands not covered in clauses (a) to (g) above.

1) The Health Officer shall be the Advisor to the Board in all matters relating to sanitation and exercise a general sanitary supervision over the cantonment and shall periodically submit a report along with his recommendations at least once in every month to the Board.

(2) The Assistant Health Officer shall perform such duties in connection with the sanitation of the cantonment as are, subject to the control of the Board, allotted to him by the Health Officer.

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