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Cantonments Act, 1924 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....administration of cantonments the spirit of the reformed scheme of Government, recommended a complete revision and an algamation of the Cantonments Act(Act 15 of 1910) and the Cantonment Code, 1912, in order to bring into conformity with ordinary municipal law the system under which military cantonments are administered. The recommendations of the committee have now been examined by the Government of India and the conclusions arrived at are embodied in the BiH. The main features of the Rill are as follows:- (a) It is proposed to lake power to municipalize the government of those cantonments which contain a substantial civil population having no essential connection with or dependence upon the military administration. In other cantonments where these circumstances do not fully exist the administration of contanment. Affairs will be vested in the hands of the commanding officer of the cantonment, who for the purpose of the Act, will be constituted a corporation sole. The general effect will be that the Government authority will cease to be the purely executive .agency as at present. In the larger cantonments the existing cantonment committee will be replaced by a cantonment Board.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter XV

Title: Powers, Procedure, Penalties and Appeals

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....present refuses to open such door, gate or barrier. Section 246 - Entry to be made in the day time Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no entry authorised by or under this Act shall be made except between the hours of sunrise and sunset. Section 247 - Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no building or land shall be entered without the consent of the occupier, or if there is no occupier, of the owner thereof, and no such entry shall be made without giving the said occupier or owner, as the case may be, not less than four hours' written notice of the intention to make such entry : 1[Provided that no such notice shall be necessary if the place to be inspected is a factory or workshop or trade premises or a place used for carrying on any trade, calling or occupation specified in section 210 or a stable for horses or a shed for cattle or a latrine, privy or urinal or a work under construction, or for the purpose of ascertaining whether any animal intended for human food is slaughtered in that place in contravention of this Act or any bye-law made thereunder.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter V

Title: Taxation

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....of such application]. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Inserted by Act 7 of 1931, section 4. 3. Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 29. 4. Substituted by Act 26 of 1927, section 9, for "the tax payable thereon". 5 Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 48 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. Section 76 - Remission of tax In a cantonment1[* * *] when any building or land has remained vacant and unproductive of rent for2[sixty] or more consecutive days3[* * *] the4[Board] shall remit or refund, as the case may be,5[one-half of such portion of any tax] assessed on the annual value thereof6[* * *] as maybe proportionate to the number of days during which the said building or land has remained vacant and unproductive of rent: 7[Provided that in any cantonment which the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, has declared to be a hill cantonment and in respect of which the Central Government by the same or a like notification has declared a portion of the year to be the season for the cantonment, when any building or land is leased for occupation through the season only, but the rent charged is.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 254

Title: Service of Notice, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) Every notice, order or requisition issued under this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, be served or presented-- (a) by giving or tendering the notice, order or requisition, or sending it by post, to the person for whom it is intended; or (b) if such person cannot be found, by affixing the notice, order or requisition on some conspicuous part of his last known place of abode or business, if within the cantonment, or by giving or tendering the notice, order or requisition to some adult male member or servant of his family, or by causing it to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the building or land, if any, to which it relates. (2) When any such notice, order or requisition is required or permitted to be served upon an owner, lessee or occupier of any building or land, it shall not be necessary to name the owner, lessee or occupier therein, and the service thereof shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, be effected either-- (a) by giving or tendering the notice, order or requisition, or sending it by post, to the owner, lessee or occupier, or, if there are more owners, lessees or occupiers than.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter XII

Title: Markets, Slaughter-houses, Trades and Occupations

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....white arsenic in any case in which he is required to take out a licence for such sale, storage, or possession for sale by or under the10[Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934),] or the Poisons Act, 1919 (12 of 1919). (4) The6[Board] may charge for the grant of licences, under this section11[such reasonable fees], as it may fix with the previous sanction of the12[Central Government]. ________________________ 1. The original clauses (j) to (r) re-lettered (i) to (q) 24 of 1934, section 2 and Schedule I. 2. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 122 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. The word "and" rep. by Act 24of 1936, section 55. 4. The word "and" omitted by Act 15 of 1983, section 122 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 5. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 122 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 6. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority" 7. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 55, for "for one year". 8. Added by Act 2 of 1954, section 19. 9. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 122, for "are unsuitable" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 10. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 122, for "Indian Petroleum Act, 1899" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 11. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 122, for.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 78

Title: What Buildings, Etc., Are to Be Deemed Vacant

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) For the purposes of sections 76 and 77 no building, tenement or land shall be deemed vacant if maintained as a pleasure resort or town or country house or be deemed unproductive of rent if let to a tenant who has a continuing right of occupation thereof, whether he is actual occupation or not. (2) The burden of proving all facts entitling any person to claim relief under section 75, or section 76 or section 77, shall be upon him.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 250

Title: Arrest Without Warrant

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....importuned or of a military officer in whose presence the offence was committed; or (ii) by or at the request of a member of the Military1[,Naval] or Air Force Police, who is employed in the cantonment and authorised in this behalf by the2[Officer Commanding the station], and in whose presence the offence was committed or by or at the request of any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector who is employed in the cantonment and authorised in this behalf by the2[Officer Commanding the station]. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 142 (w.e.f. 1-10-1983). 2. Substituted by Act 7 of 1925, section 14, for "Commanding Officer of the cantonment".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 258

Title: Relief to Agents and Trustees

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) Where any person, by reason of his receiving the rent of immovable property as an agent or trustee, or of his being as an agent or trustee the person who would receive the rent if the property were let to a tenant, would under this Act be bound to discharge any obligation imposed on the owner of the property for the discharge of which money is required, he shall not be bound to discharge the obligation unless he has, or but for his own improper act or default might have had, funds in his hands belonging to the owner sufficient for the purpose. (2)The burden of proving any fact entitling an agent or trustee to relief under sub-section (1) shall lie upon him. (3) Where any agent or trustee has claimed and established his right to relief under this section, the1[Board] may, by notice in writing, require him, to apply to the discharge of such obligation as aforesaid the first monies which may come to his hands on behalf, or for the use, of the owner, and, on failure to comply with the notice, he shall be deemed to be personally liable to discharge the obligation. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter IV

Title: Spirituous Liquors and Intoxicating Drugs

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....excise officer may, without an order from a1[Judicial Magistrate] and without a warrant, arrest any person whom he finds committing an offence under section 56 or section 57, and may seize and detain any spirituous liquor or intoxicating drag in respect of which such an offence has been committed and any vessels or coverings in which the liquor or drag is contained. (2) Where a person accused of an offence under section 56 has been previously convicted of an offence under that section, an officer in charge of a police station may, with the written permission of a1[Judicial Magistrate] seize and detain any spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug within the cantonment or within any limits defined under that section which, at the time of the alleged commission of the subsequent offence, belonged to, or was in the possession of, such person. (3) The court convicting a person of an offence under section 56 or section 57 may order the confiscation of the whole or any part of anything seized under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2). (4) Subject to the provisions of2[Chapter XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], anything, seized under sub-section (1) or.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter X

Title: Sanitation and the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....and urinals to be kept clean and in proper order: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply in the case of a factory to which the2[Factories Act, 194 (63 of 1948)], applies. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 89, for "Board" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 89, for "Indian Factories Act, 1911" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. Section 137 - Private latrines A1[Board] may, by notice in writing,-- (a) require the owner or other person having the control of any private latrine, or, urinal in the cantonment not to put the same to public use; or (b) where any plan for the construction of private latrines or urinals has been approved by the1[Board], and copies thereof may be obtained free of charge on application-- (i) require any person repairing or constructing any private latrine or urinal not to allow the same to be used until it has been inspected by or under the direction of the Health Officer and approved by him as conforming with such plan; or (ii) require any person having control of any private latrine or urinal to re-build or alter the same in accordance with such plan; or (c) require the owner.....