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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 263

Title: No Person to Be Nominated Who Has Direct Interest or Whose Services Are Not Immediately Available

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) No person who has a direct interest in the matter under reference, or whose services are not immediately available for the purposes of the Committee, shall be nominated a member of a Committee of Arbitration. (2) If, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, any person who has been nominated has a direct interest in the matter under reference, or is otherwise disqualified for nomination, or if the services of any such person are not immediately available as aforesaid, and if the1[Board] or other person by whom any such person was nominated fails to nominate another member within seven days from the date on which it or he may be called upon to do so by the District Magistrate, such failure shall be deemed to constitute a failure to make a nomination within the meaning of section 262. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 138, for "authorised by the Health Officer" (W.e.f. 1-10-1983).

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 13

Title: Constitution of Cantonment Boards

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....nominate under clause (e) of sub-section (3), clause (e) of Substituted ection (4) or clause (b) of sub-section (5), any person, whether in the service of the Government or not, who is ordinarily resident in the cantonment or in the vicinity thereof. (7) Every election or nomination of a member of a Board and every vacancy in the membership thereof shall be notified by the5[Central Government] in the Official Gazette.] __________________________ 1. The words "and an Executive Officer" omitted by Act 15 of 1983, section 4 w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 2. The proviso rep. by the A.O. 1948. 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 6, for "a Magistrate of the first class" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 4. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for the former clause. 5. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "L.G.".

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 31

Title: Power to Make Rules Regulating Elections

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....any application relating to election or election disputes;] (g) any other matter relating to elections or election disputes in respect of which the 1 [Central Government] is empowered to make rules under this Chapter or in respect of which this Act makes no provision or makes insufficient provision and provision is, in the opinion of the 1 [Central Government], necessary. __________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G.". 2. The words "or of the inhabitants of a cantonment into classes, or both" omitted by Act 2 of 1954, section 9. 3. The words "or class of persons" omitted by Act 2 of 1954, section 9. 4. Clause (c) omitted by Act 53 of 1950, section 8. 5. Inserted by Act 8 of 1944, section 5. 6. Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 19 w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

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.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 15

Title: Term of Office of Members

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....of a member of a Board shall be 1 [five years] and shall commence from the date of the notification of his election or nomination under 2 [sub-section (7) of section 13], or from the date on which the vacancy has occurred in which he is elected or nominated, whichever date is later: 3 [Provided that the Central Government may, when satisfied that it is necessary in order to avoid administrative difficulty, extend the term of office of all the elected members of a Board by such period, not exceeding one year, as it thinks fit:] 4 [Provided further that a member whose term of office has been so extended, shall cease to hold office on the date of the notification of the election of his successor under sub-section (7) of section 13]. (2) The term of office of an ex officio member of a Board shall continue so long as he holds the office in virtue of which he is such a member. (3) The term of office of a member elected to fill a casual vacancy shall commence from the 5 [date of the notification of his election], and shall continue so long only as the member-in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred. (4) An.....

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 261

Title: Procedure for Convening Committee of Arbitration

State: Central

Year: 1924

(1) When a Committee of Arbitration is to be convened, the1[Board] shall cause a public notice to be published stating the matter to be determined, and shall forthwith send copies of the order to the District Magistrate, and to the other party concerned, and shall, as soon as may be, nominate such members of the Committee, as it is entitled to nominate under section 262, and, by notice in writing, call upon the other persons who are entitled to nominate a member or members of the Committee to nominate such member or members in accordance with the provisions of that section. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".

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.".