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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 Section 17

Title: Vacancies in Special Cases

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....at an election held when a Board is constituted for the first time no member or an insufficient number of members is elected or an elected member is unwilling to serve on the Board.] 4 [(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 16, a member nominated in pursuance of sub-section (2) of this section shall, [where there has been a division of the cantonment into wards, be deemed to have been elected by such ward] as the Central Government may at the time of making the nomination or at any time thereafter declare.] 4 [(4)] The term of office of a member nominated or deemed to have been re-elected under this section shall expire at the time at which it would have expired if he had been elected at the ordinary or casual election, as the case may be. __________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 15 of 1942, section 2. 2. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 2, for the former sub-section (2). 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 2, for the former sub-section (2). 4. Sub-section (3) was inserted and the original sub-section (3) re-numbered as sub-section (4) by Act 15 of 1942, section 2.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 87

Title: Conditions of Right to Appeal

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....or of alteration of assessment or, if no notice has been given, within thirty days next after the date of the presentation of the first bill in respect thereof: Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiration of the period prescribed therefor by this section if the appellant satisfies the1[District Court] before whom the appeal is preferred that he had sufficient cause for not preferring it within that period; (b) the amount, if any, in dispute in the appeal has been deposited by the appellant in the office of the2[Board]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 57, for "Court" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 2. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".

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 Section 273

Title: Notice to Be Given of Suits

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....member of a Board, or against any officer or servant of a1[Board], in respect of any act done, or purporting to have been done, in pursuance of this Act or of any rule or bye-law made thereunder, until the expiration of two months after notice in writing has been left at the office of the1[Board], and, in the case of such member, officer or servant, unless notice in writing has also been delivered to him or left at his office or place of abode, and unless such notice states explicitly the case of action, the nature of the relief sought, the amount of compensation claimed, and the name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff, and unless the plaint contains a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left. (2) If the1[Board], member, officer or servant has, before the suit is instituted, tendered sufficient amounts to the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall not recover any sum in excess of the amount so tendered, and shall also pay all costs incurred by the defendant after such tender. (3) No suit, such as is described in sub-section (1), shall, unless it is an action for the recovery of immovable property or for a declaration of title thereto, be instituted after.....

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 14

Title: Power to Vary Constitution of Boards in Special Circumstances

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....Board shall cease if, in the opinion of the Central Government, the reasons stated in the declaration whereby such Board was constituted or its term of office was extended, have ceased to exist. (5) When the term of office of a Board constituted under this section has expired or ceased, the Board shall be replaced by the former Board which, but for the declaration under sub-section (I), would have continued to hold office, or, if the term of office of such former Board has expired, by a Board constituted under section 13.] __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 5, for the former section. 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 7, for clause (c) w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "L.G.".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter XI

Title: Control over Buildings, Streets, Boundaries, Trees, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....until the information required under sub-section (1) and any further information and plans which may be required under bye-laws made under this Act have been furnished to the satisfaction of the1[Board or the Executive Officer, as the case may be,] along with the notice. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 102, for "Board" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. Section 180A - Powers of Board under certain sections exercisable by Executive Officer 1[180A. Powers of Board under certain sections exercisable by Executive Officer The powers, duties and functions of the Board under section 181, sub-section (1) of section 182, section 183, section 183 A and section 185 [excluding the provisions to sub­section (1) and the proviso to sub-section (2) of the said section 185] shall be exercised or discharged in a civil area by the Executive Officer.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 103 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. Section 181 - Power of Board to sanction or refuse (1)The 1 [Board] may either refuse to sanction the erection orre-erection, as the case may be, of the building, or may sanction it eitherabsolutely or subject to such.....

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 Section 262

Title: Constitution of Committee of Arbitration

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....any member who has been so nominated neglects or refuses to act and the1[Board] or other person by whom such member was nominated fails to nominate another member in his place within seven days from the date on which it or he may be called upon to do so by the District Magistrate, the District Magistrate shall forthwith appoint a member or members, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy or vacancies. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by Act 7 of 1925, section 14, "Cantonment Officer of the cantonment". 3. The words "who shall be persons liable to pay taxes in the cantonment and ordinarily resident therein or in the immediate vicinity thereof" rep. by Act 24 of 1936, section 62.