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Cantonments Act, 1924 Complete Act

Title : Cantonments Act, 1924

State : Central

Year : 1924

.....- Cesspools, receptacles, for filth, etc Section134 - Filling up of tank, etc Section135 - Provision of latrines, etc Section136 - Sanitation in factories, etc Section137 - Private latrines Section138 - Removal of congested buildings Section139 - Overcrowding of dwelling houses Section140 - Power to require repair or alteration of building Section141 - Power to require land or building to be cleansed Section142 - Power to order disuse of house Section143 - Removal of noxious vegetation Section144 - Agriculture and irrigation Section145 - Power to call for information regarding burial and burning grounds Section146 - Permission for use of new burial or burning ground Section147 - Power to require closing of burial or burning ground Section148 - Exemption from operation of sections 145 to 147 Section149 - Removal of corpses Section150 - Obligation concerning infectious or contagious diseases Section151 - Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases Section152 - Power to require names of dairyman's customers Section153 - Power to require names of a washerman's customers Section154 - Report after inspection of dairy or washerman's.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Preamble 1

Title : Cantonments Act, 1924

State : Central

Year : 1924

THE CANTONMENTS ACT, 1924 [Act, No. 2 of 1924]1 [16th February, 1924] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of cantonments. whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of cantonments, it is hereby enacted as follows :-- ________________________ 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India 1923, Pt. V, p. 220 and for Report by the Select Committee, see Gazette of India, 1923, Pt. V, pg. 270. The Act came into force in Pondicherry on 1-10-1963, vide Reg. 7 of 1963, section 3 and Schedule I.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Amending Act I

Title : The Cantonment Laws (Extension and Amendment Act, 1950

State : Central

Year : 1924

.....by Parliament as follows: -- 1 . Short title This Act may be called the Cantonments Laws (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1950. 2 . Amendment of section 1, Act VI of 1923 In sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923, the words and letter "except Part B States" shall be omitted. 3 . Amendment of section 2, Act VI of 1923 To section 2 of the Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923, the following sub-section shall be added, namely: -- "(2) In the application of this Act to any Part B State, any reference to an enactment not in force in that State shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding law in force in that State." 4 . Amendment of section 1, Act II of 1924 In sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the words and letter "except Part B States" shall be omitted. 5 . Insertion of new section 2A in Act II of 1924 After section 2 of the said Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely: "2A.Rule of construction.- In the application of this Act to any Part B State, any reference to an enactment not in force in that State shall be construed as a.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Complete Act

State : Central

Year : 1924

.....any farm, cattle-shed, milk-store, milk-shop or other place from which milk is supplied or in which milk is kept for purposes of sale or is manufactured for sale into butter, ghee, cheese or curds, and, in relation to a dairyman who does not occupy any premises for the sale of milk, includes any place in which he keeps the vessels used by him for the storage or sale of milk; (xi) "dairyman" includes the keeper of a cow, buffalo, goat, ass or other animal, the milk of which is offered or is intended to be offered for sale for human consumption, and any purveyor of milk and any occupier of a dairy; a[(xia) "Defence Estates Officer" means the officer appointed by the Central Government to perform the duties of the Defence Estates Officer for the purposes of this Act and the rules made thereunder; (xib) "Director" means the officer appointed by the Central Government to perform the duties of the Director, Defence Lands and Cantonments, the Command, for the purposes of this Act and rules made thereunder and includes the Joint Director;] a[c[(xic) "entitled consumer" means a person in a cantonment who is paid from the Defence Services Estimates and is authorised by general or.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 95

Title : Recovery from a Person About to Leave Cantonment

State : Central

Year : 1924

(1) If the Executive Officer has reason to believe that any person from whom any sum is due1[or is about to become due] on account of any tax is about to2[move from the cantonment], he may direct the immediate payment by such person of the sum so due or about to become due, and cause3[a notice of demand] for the same to be served on such person. 4[(2) If, on the service of such notice, such person does not forthwith pay the sum so due or about to become due, the amount shall be leviable by distress and sale of movable property or attachment and sale of immovable property in the manner hereinbefore provided in this Chapter, and the warrant of such distress and sale or attachment and sale may be issued and executed without any delay.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 8 of 1930, section 2 and Schedule I. 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 64, for "remove from the cantonment" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 64, for "a bill" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 64, for sub-section (2) w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 106

Title : Cantonment Fund

State : Central

Year : 1924

There shall be formed for every cantonment a cantonment fund, and there shall be placed to the credit thereof the following sums, namely:-- (a) the balance, if any, of the cantonment fund formed for the cantonment under the Cantonments Act, 1910 (15 of 1910); (b) all sums received by or on behalf of the1[Board]2[* * *]; 2[* * *] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. The word "and" clause (c) rep. by the A.O. 1937.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 3

Title : Definition of Cantonments

State : Central

Year : 1924

.....is declared a cantonment for the first time, the Central Government may, until a Board is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, by order make any provision which appears necessary to it either for the administration of the cantonment or for the constitution of the Board.] 6[(4) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that in any place declared a cantonment under sub-section (1) the provisions of any enactment relating to self-government other than this Act shall have effect only to such extent or subject to such modifications, or that any authority constituted under any such enactment shall exercise authority only to such extent, as may be specified in the notification.] __________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G.". 2. The words "with the previous sanction of the G.G. in C." rep. by the A.O. 1937. 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 3, for "the Indian Army or the Indian Air Force" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 4. The words "with the like saction," rep. by the A.O. 1937. 5. Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 3. 6. Inserted by Act 8 of 1944, section 2. .....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 6

Title : Disposal of Cantonment Fund when Area Ceases to Be a Cantonment

State : Central

Year : 1924

(1) When, by a notification under section 3, any cantonment ceases to be a cantonment and the local area comprised therein is immediately placed under the control of a local authority, the balance of the cantonment fund and other property vesting in the1[Board] shall vest in such local authority, and the liabilities of the1[Board] shall be transferred to such local authority. (2) When, in like manner, any cantonment ceases to be a cantonment and the local area comprised therein is not immediately placed under the control of a local authority, the balance of the cantonment fund and other property vesting in the1[Board] shall vest in Government, and the liabilities of the1[Board] shall be transferred to the2[the Central Government]. __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted. by the A.O. 1937 for "Secretary of State in Council".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 159

Title : Penalty for Failure to Report

State : Central

Year : 1924

Whoever fails to make to the Executive Officer any report which he is required to make by section 157 or section 158, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to1[five hundred rupees]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, sec 95, for "one hundred rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 286

Title : Extension of Certain Provisions of the Act and Rules to Place Beyond Cantonments

State : Central

Year : 1924

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