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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 253

Title: Authentication and Validity of Notices Issued by Board

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....or the omission to do, anything or the validity of anything depends upon the approval, sanction, consent, concurrence, declaration, opinion or satisfaction of the Board, a written document signed by any officer or member specified in sub-section (1) purporting to convey or set forth such approval, sanction, consent, concurrence, declaration, opinion or satisfaction, shall be sufficient evidence thereof. (3) Every licence, written permission, notice, bill, summons or other document which is required by this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder to bear the signature of the President, Vice-President or Executive Officer, or of any such member of any committee as has been specially authorised by the Board in this behalf shall be deemed to be properly signed if it bears facsimile of the signature of any such officer or member, as the case may be, stamped thereon.] ________________________ 1. Renumbered as sub-section (1) by Act 15 of 1983, section 144 (w.e.f. 1-10-1983). 2. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 3. The words "where there is a Board" rep. By Act 24 of 1936, section 60. 4. The words "where there is no Board, by the.....

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 3

Title: Definition of Cantonments

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....is declared a cantonment for the first time, the Central Government may, until a Board is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, by order make any provision which appears necessary to it either for the administration of the cantonment or for the constitution of the Board.] 6[(4) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that in any place declared a cantonment under sub-section (1) the provisions of any enactment relating to self-government other than this Act shall have effect only to such extent or subject to such modifications, or that any authority constituted under any such enactment shall exercise authority only to such extent, as may be specified in the notification.] __________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G.". 2. The words "with the previous sanction of the G.G. in C." rep. by the A.O. 1937. 3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 3, for "the Indian Army or the Indian Air Force" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 4. The words "with the like saction," rep. by the A.O. 1937. 5. Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 3. 6. Inserted by Act 8 of 1944, section 2. .....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter II

Title: Definition and Delimitation of Cantonments

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....sections 6 and 7 Any cantonment fund or portion of a cantonment fund or other property of a1[Board] vesting in Government under the provisions of section 6 or section 7 shall be applied in the first place to satisfy any liabilities of the1[Board] transferred under such provisions to the2[Central Government], and in the second place for the benefit of the inhabitants of the to cal area which has ceased to be a cantonment or, as the case may be, part of a cantonment. __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Secretary of State in Council". Section 9 - Limitation of operation of Act The 1 [Central Government] may, 2 [* * *] by notification in the Official Gazette, exclude from the operation of any part of this Act the whole or any part of a cantonment, or direct that any provision of this Act shall, in the case of any cantonment- 3 [(a) situated within the limits of a Presidency-town; or (b) in which the Board is superseded under section 54,] apply with such modifications as may be so specified. __________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for.....