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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 243

Title: Power of Inspection, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....replace or read any meter. (2) If, on such inspection, the opening of the ground is found to be necessary for the prevention or removal of a nuisance the expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the land or building, but if it is found that no nuisance exists or but for such opening would have arisen, the ground or portion of any building, drain or other work opened, injured or removed for the purpose of such inspection shall be filled in, reinstated, or made good, as the case may be by the1[Board]2[or the Executive Officer]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "cantonment Authority". 2. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 139 (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 47

Title: Inspection

State: Central

Year: 1924

The1[Central Government or the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command]2[or the Director or such other officer or authority as may be authorised by the Central Government in this behalf]], may depute any person in the service of the Government to inspect or examine any department of the office of, or any service or work undertaken by, or thing belonging to, a3[Board], and to report thereon, and the3[Board] and its officers and servants shall be bound to afford the person so deputed access at all reasonable times to the premises and property of the3[Board] and to all records, accounts and other documents the inspection of which he may consider necessary to enable him to discharge his duties. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 35 of 1926, section 4, for "Officer Commanding the District". 2. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 32 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 81

Title: Inspection of Imported Goods, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1924

Every person bringing or receiving any goods, vehicles or animals within the limits of any cantonment in which octroi or terminal tax or toll is leviable, shall when so required by an officer duly authorised by the1[Board] in this behalf, so far as may be necessary for ascertaining the amount of tax chargeable-- (a) permit that officer to inspect, examine or weigh such goods, vehicles or animals; and (b) communicate to that officer any information, and exhibit to him any bill, invoice or document of a like nature, which such person may possess relating to such goods, vehicles or animals. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69 for "Cantonment Authority".

CANTONMENTS ACT, 1924 Section 154

Title: Report after inspection of dairy or washerman's place of business

State: Central

Year: 1924

Where, after inspection, the Health Officer is of opinion that any infectious or contagious disease is caused or is likely to arise in the cantonment from the consumption of the milk supplied from a dairy or from the washing of clothes or other articles in any place, or from any process employed by a washerman, he shall report the matter to the Executive Officer.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 207

Title: Power to Inspect Slaughter-houses

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) Any servant of a1[Board], authorised by order in writing in this behalf by2[the President of the Board or the Executive Officer]3[***] or the Health Officer, may, if he has reason to believe that any animal has been, is being, or is about to be slaughtered in any place in contravention of the provisions of this Chapter, enter into and inspect any such place at any time, whether by day or by night. (2) Every such order shall specify the place to be entered and the locality in which the same is situated and the period, which shall not exceed seven days for which the order is to remain in force. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 119, for "the President of the Board" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. The words "if any," rep. by Act 24 of 1936, section 54.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 231

Title: Power of Inspection

State: Central

Year: 1924

The ferrules, communication pipes, connections, meters, stand pipes and all fittings thereon or connected therewith leading from water mains or from pipes, drains, sewers or channels into any house or land, to which water or gas is supplied by a 1 [Board], and the pipes, fittings, and works inside any such house or within the limits or any such land, shall in all cases be 2 [installed or] executed subject to the inspection and 3 [to the satisfaction of the Executive Officer]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Inserted by Act 8 of 1930, section 2 and Schedule I. 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 132, for "to the satisfaction of the Board" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 242

Title: Power of Inspection by Member of a Board

State: Central

Year: 1924

With the previous sanction of the President, any member of a Board may inspect any work or institution constructed or maintained, in whole or part, at the expense of the Board, and any register, book accounts or other documents belonging to, or in the possession of, the Board.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 285

Title: Rules and Bye-laws to Be Available for Inspection and Purchase

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) A copy of all rules and bye-laws made under this Act shall be kept at the office of the1[Board] and shall, during office hours, be open free of charge to inspection by any inhabitant of the cantonment. (2) Copies of all such rules and bye-laws shall be kept at the office of the1[Board]2[and shall be sold to the public at cost price singly, or in collection at the option of the purchaser]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 14 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by act 24 of 1936, section 67, for "for sale to the public".

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.....