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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 Section 244

Title: Power to Enter Land Adjoining Land Where Work is in Progress

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) The Executive Officer of a cantonment may, with or without assistants or workmen, enter on any land within fifty yards of any work authorised by or under this Act for the purpose of depositing thereon any soil, gravel, stone or other materials, or of obtaining access to such work, or for any other purpose connected with the carrying on of the same. (2) The Executive Officer shall, before entering on any land under sub-section (1), give the occupier, or, if there is no occupier, the owner not less than three days' previous notice in writing of his intention to make such entry, and shall state the purpose thereof, and shall, if so required by the occupier or owner, fence off so much of the land as may be required for such purpose. (3) The Executive Officer shall, in exercising any power conferred by this section, do as little damage as may be, and compensation shall be payable by the1[Board] to the owner or occupier of such land, or to both, for any such damage whether permanent or temporary. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "cantonment Authority".

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 265

Title: Decisions of Committee of Arbitration

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) The decision of every Committee of Arbitration shall be in accordance with the majority of votes taken at a meeting at which the Chairman and at least three of the other members are present. (2) If there is not a majority of votes in favour of any proposed decision, the opinion of the Chairman shall prevail. (3) The decision of a Committee of Arbitration shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....under this Act to be the Executive Officer of a cantonment; 13 [(xiiia) "factory" means a factory as defined in clause(m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (xiiib) "Forces" means the Army, Navy and Air Force or any part of any one or more of them;] (xiv) "Health Officer" means the senior executive medical officer in military employ on duty in a cantonment; 14 [(xv) "hospital" includes family welfare centre, child welfare centre, maternity centre and health centre;] (xvi) "hut" means any building, no material portion of which above the plinth level is constructed of masonry or of squared timber framing or of iron framing; (xvii) "infections or contagious disease" means cholera, leprosy, enteric fever, small­pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria, plague, influenza, venereal disease, and any other epidemic, endemic or infectious disease which the 15 [Central Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be, an infectious or contagious disease for the purposes of this Act; (xviii) "inhabitant", in relation to a cantonment, or to cal area, means any person ordinarily residing or carrying on business or owning or occupying.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....under this Act to be the Executive Officer of a cantonment; 13 [(xiiia) "factory" means a factory as defined in clause(m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (xiiib) "Forces" means the Army, Navy and Air Force or any part of any one or more of them;] (xiv) "Health Officer" means the senior executive medical officer in military employ on duty in a cantonment; 14 [(xv) "hospital" includes family welfare centre, child welfare centre, maternity centre and health centre;] (xvi) "hut" means any building, no material portion of which above the plinth level is constructed of masonry or of squared timber framing or of iron framing; (xvii) "infections or contagious disease" means cholera, leprosy, enteric fever, small­pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria, plague, influenza, venereal disease, and any other epidemic, endemic or infectious disease which the 15 [Central Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be, an infectious or contagious disease for the purposes of this Act; (xviii) "inhabitant", in relation to a cantonment, or to cal area, means any person ordinarily residing or carrying on business or owning or occupying.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 21

Title: Term of Office of Vice-president

State: Central

Year: 1924

1[((1) The term of office of a Vice-president shall be2[five years] or the residue of his term of office as a member, whichever is less.] (2) A Vice-President may resign his office by notice in writing to the President and, on the resignation being accepted by the Board, the office shall become vacant. 3[(3) A Vice-President may be removed from his office, at a special meeting convened for the purpose on a requisition for the same by not less than one-half of the elected members of the Board holding office, by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of elected members then holding office and attending and no member, other than an elected member, shall have the right to vote on the resolution.] __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 8, for the original sub-section. 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 14, for "three years" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 14 w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 43

Title: Method of Deciding Questions

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) All questions coming before a meeting shall be decided by the majority of the votes of the members present and voting. (2) In the case of equality of votes, the1[person presiding over the meeting], shall have a second or casting vote. (3) The dissent of any member from any decision of the Board shall, if the member so requests, be entered in the minutes, together with a short statement of the ground for such dissent. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 27, for "President" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 55

Title: Validity of Proceedings, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1924

Validity of proceedings (1) No act or proceeding of a Board or of any committee of a Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy in the Board or committee. (2) No disqualification or defect in the election, nomination or appointment of a person acting as the President or a member of a Board or of any such committee shall vitiate any act or proceeding of the Board or committee if the majority of the persons present at the time of the act being done or the proceeding being taken were duly qualified members thereof. (3) Any document or minutes which purport to be the record of the proceedings of a Board or of any committee of a Board shall, if made and signed Substituted tantially in the manner prescribed for the making and signing of the record of such proceedings, be presumed to be a correct record of the proceedings of a duly convened meeting, held by a duly constituted Board or committee, as the case may be, whereof all the members were duly qualified.