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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 XIII

Title: Water-supply, Drainage and Lighting

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....building or land in the cantonment with any water for any purpose, other than a domestic purpose, on such terms and conditions, consistent with this Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder, as may be agreed upon between the 1 [Board] and such owner, lessee or occupier. (2) The 1 [Board] may withdraw such supply or curtail the quantity thereof at any time if it should appear necessary to do so for the purpose of maintaining sufficient supply of water for domestic use by inhabitants of the cantonment. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". Section 223 - Board not liable for failure of supply Notwithstanding any obligation imposed on 1 [Boards] under this Act, a 2 [Board] shall not be liable to any forfeiture, penalty or damages for failure to supply water or for curtailing the quantity thereof if the failure or curtailment, as the case may be, arises from accident or from drought or other unavoidable cause unless, in the case of an agreement for the supply of water under section 222, the 2 [Board] has made express provision for forfeiture, penalty or damages in the event of such failure or curtailment. .....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 224

Title: Conditions of Universal Application

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....the Executive Officer in writing in this behalf], to be out of repair to such an extent as to cause a waste of water; (d) the expense of cutting off the connection or of turning off the water in any case referred to in clause (c) shall be paid by the owner or occupier of the building or land; (e) no action taken under or in pursuance of clause (c) shall relieve any person from any penalty or liability which he may otherwise have incurred. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 129, for "as the Board may appoint" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983). 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 129, for "authorized by it" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983). 4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 129, for "by the Executive Officer" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 33

Title: Liability of Members

State: Central

Year: 1924

Every member of a Board shall be liable for the loss, waste or misapplication of any money or other property1[belonging to, vested in, or entrusted to the management of, the Board] if such loss, waste or misapplication is a direct consequence of his neglect or misconduct while such member; and a suit for compensation for the same may be instituted against him either by the Board or by the2[Central Government]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 21, for "belonging to the Board" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Secretary of state for India in Council".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter IX

Title: Public Safety and Suppression of Nuisances

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....removed by any officer or servant of the 12 [Board] or by any police officer to a pound 13 [* * *]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "carts" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 2. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69 for "Cantonment Authority". 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "Board" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "cart" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 5. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 6. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 7. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for certain words w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 8. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 9. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "fifty rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 10. Inserted by Act 2 of 1954, section 16. 11. Substituted by Act 2 of 1954, section 76, for "twenty rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 12. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 13. The words "as if the animal had been found straying" omitted by Act 2 of 1954, section 16. Section 119 - Registration and control of dogs Dogs (1) A1[Board] may make.....

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.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 138

Title: Removal of Congested Buildings

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....thereof to remove them: Provided that the1[Board] shall make compensation to the owners for any buildings so removed which may have been erected under proper authority: Provided, further, that the1[Board] may, if it considers it equitable in the circumstances so to do, pay to the owners such sum as it thinks fit as compensation for any buildings so removed which have been erected under proper authority. (4) For the purposes of this section "buildings" includes enclosure, walls and fences appertaining to buildings. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "of the Government". 3. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 39, for the original clause.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 118

Title: Penalty for Causing Nuisances

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "Board" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "cart" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 5. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 6. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 7. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for certain words w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 8. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 9. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 76, for "fifty rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 10. Inserted by Act 2 of 1954, section 16. 11. Substituted by Act 2 of 1954, section 76, for "twenty rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 12. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 13. The words "as if the animal had been found straying" omitted by Act 2 of 1954, section 16.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Complete Act

Title: Cantonments Act, 1924

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....provisions respecting rules Section282 - Power to make bye-laws Section283 - Penalty for breach of bye-laws Section284 - Supplemental provisions regarding bye-laws Section285 - Rules and bye-laws to be available for inspection and purchase Chapter XVII Section286 - Extension of certain provisions of the Act and rules to place beyond cantonments Section286A - Power to delegate functions to the President, etc Section287 - Registration Section288 - Validity of notices and other documents Section289 - Admissibility of document or entry as evidence Section290 - Evidence by officer or servant of the Board Section291 - Application of Act 4 of 1899 Section292 - Repeals ScheduleI - NOTICE OF DEMAND ScheduleII - FORM OF WARRANT ScheduleIII - FORM OF INVENTORY OF PROPERTY DISTRAINED AND NOTICE OF SALE ScheduleIV - CASES IN WHICH POLICE MAY ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT ScheduleV - APPEALS FROM ORDERS ScheduleVI - Enactments repealed Amending ActI - THE CANTONMENT LAWS (EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT ACT, 1950

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 127

Title: Enclosure of Waste Land Used for Improper Purposes

State: Central

Year: 1924

A1[Board] may, by notice in writing, require the owner or part-owner, or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner, of any building or land in the cantonment, or the lessee or the person claiming to be the lessee of any such land, which, by reason of disuse or disputed ownership or other cause, has remained unoccupied and has become the rest of idle and disorderly persons or of persons who have no ostensible means of subsistence or cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves, or is used for gaming or immoral purposes, or otherwise occasions or is likely to occasion a nuisance, to secure and enclose the same within such time as may be specified in the notice. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".