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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 191

TEMPORARY OCCUPATION OF STREET, LAND, ETC - a[

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 191 is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - TEMPORARY OCCUPATION OF STREET, LAND, ETC - a[. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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1)]b[The Executive Officer] may, by order in writing, permit the temporary occupation of any street, or of any land vested in thea[Board], for the purpose of depositing any building materials or making any temporary excavation therein or erection thereon, subject to such conditionsc[as the Board may prescribe] for the safety or convenience of the public, and may charge a fee for such permission and may in its discretion withdraw such permission. d[(2) Where any article or thing is placed on any street or land under the management of the Board or the Defence Estates Officer so as to form an obstruction thereto or any encroachment thereon, the Executive Officer or, as the case may be, the Defence Estates Officer, may cause such article or thing to be removed and recover from the person who placed such article or thing the expenses incurred in that behalf in the same manner as moneys recoverable by the Board undersection 259and may also, if such person fails to offer satisfactory explanation, order the confiscation of such article or thing.] Act IS of 1983, Clause 110.-Temporary occupation undersection 191of the Act of any street or land vested in the Board requires permission of the Board in writing. This power of the Board is proposed to be conferred on the Executive Officer subject to such conditions as the Board mav prescribe. To prevent unauthorised occupation of any such street or land it is proposed to empower the Executive Officer to remove any article placed without authority on such street or land and confiscate such article if the person who placed the said articles fails to offer satisfactory explanation. Similarly, the Defence Estates Officer would be authorised to confiscate and remove any article placed without authority on any street or land under his management. -Gaz. of Ind.. 9-7-1982. Pt. II. S. 2, Ext..p. 55 (No. 26).

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Section Section 191 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (TEMPORARY OCCUPATION OF STREET, LAND, ETC - a[) 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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