Cantonments Act, 1924(Repeal by Ord.139 of,02 s.299)

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1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Definition of cantonments.
4. Alteration of limit of cantonments.
5. The effect of including area in cantonment.
6. Disposal of cantonment fund when area ceases to be a cantonment.
7. Disposal of cantonment fund when area ceases to be included in a cantonment.
8. Application of funds and property transferred under sections 6 and 7.
9. Limitation of operation of Act.
10. Cantonment Board and Executive Officer.
11. Incorporation of Cantonment Board.
12. Appointment of Executive Officer.
13. Classification of Cantonments.
13 A. Constitution of Cantonment Boards.
14. Power to vary constitution of boards in special circumstances.
15.. Division of cantonment into wards.
15 A. Electoral rolls.
15 B. Qualifications and disqualifications of members.
15 BB. Candidates not to contest election on political party basis.
15 C. Electoin of members.
15 D. Conduct of elections.
15 E. Term of Office of members.
15 F. Resignation of member.
15 G. Removal of nominated member.
15 H. Casual vacancy in the Office of nominated member.
15 I. Declaration of property.
16. [Omitted.]
17. [Omitted.]
18. Oath or affirmation.
19. Resignation.
20. President and Vice-President.
21. Term of office of Vice President.
22. Duties of President.
23. Duties of Vice-President.
24. Duties of the Executive Officer.
25. Special power of the Executive Officer.
26-31. [Omitted.]
32. Member not to vote on matter in which he is interested.
33. Liability of members.
34. Removal of members.
35. Consequences of removal.
36. Disqualification of person as servant of Board.
36 A. Cantonment servant to be deemed a public servant.
37. Meetings.
38. Business to be transacted.
39. Quorum.
40. Presiding officer.
41. Minutes.
42. Meetings to be public.
43. Method of deciding questions
43 A. Committees for Bazars
43 B. Mohallah Panchayats
44. Power to make regulations
45. Joint action with other local authority
45 A. Report on administration.
46. Power of Federal Government to require production of documents
47. Inspection.
48. Power to call for documents.
49. Power to require execution of work, etc.
50. Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 49.
51. Power to override decision of Board.
52. Power of Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, or Offence under Section 51 or otherwise.
53. Powers of Federal Government on a reference made under section 51.
54. Supersession of Board
55. Validity of proceedings, etc.
56. Unauthorised sale of spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug.
57. Unauthorised possession of spirituous liquor.
58. Arrest of persons and seizure and confiscation of things for offences against the two last foregoing sections.
59. Saving of articles sold or supplied for medicinal purposes.
60. General power of taxation.
61. Framing of preliminary proposals.
62. Objections and disposal thereof.
63. Imposition of tax.
64. Definition of "annual value".
65. Incidence of taxation.
66. Assessment List.
67. Publication of assessment list.
68. Revision of assessment list.
69. Authentication of assessment list.
70. Evidential value of assessment list.
71. Amendment of assessment list.
72. Preparation of new assessment list.
73. Notice of transfers.
74. Notice of erection of buildings.
75. Demolition, etc, of buildings.
76. Remission of tax.
77. Power to require entry in assessment list of details of buildings.
77 A. Notice to be given of the circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed.
78. What buildings, etc, are to be deemed vacant.
79. Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant building or house.
80. Tax on buildings and land to be a charge thereon.
81. Inspection of imported goods, etc.
82. Evasion of octroi or terminal tax.
83. Lease of octroi, terminal tax or toll.
84. Appeals against assessment.
85. Cost of appeal.
86. Recovery of costs from Board
87. Conditions of right to appeal.
88. Finality of appellate orders.
89. Time and manner of payment of taxes.
90. Presentation of bill.
91. Notice of demand.
92. Recovery of tax.
93. Distress.
94. Disposal of distrained property.
95. Recovery from a person about to leave cantonment.
96. Power to institute suit for recovery.
97. Power to prohibit or exempt from taxation.
98. Power to make special provision for conservancy in certain cases.
99. Exemption in the case of buildings.
99 A. General power of exemption.
100. Exemption of poor persons.
101. Composition.
102. Irrecoverable debts.
103. Obligation to disclose liability.
104. Immaterial error not to affect liability.
105. Distraint not to be invalid by reason of immaterial defect.
106. Cantonment fund.
107. Custody of cantonment fund.
108. Property.
109. Application of cantonment fund and property.
110. Acquisition of immovable property.
111. Power to make rules regarding cantonment fund and property.
112. Contracts by whom to be executed.
113. Sanction.
114. Execution of contracts.
115. Contracts improperly executed not to be binding on a board.
116. Duties of Board.
116 A. Power to manage property
117. Discretionary functions of Board
117 A. Power of expenditure for educational purposes outside the cantonment.
118. Penalty for causing nuisances
119. Registration and control of Dogs
120. Rule of the road traffic.
121. Use of inflammable materials for building purposes.
122. Stacking or collecting inflammable materials.
123. Care of naked light.
124. Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic performances.
125. Discharging fire-works, fire-arms, etc.
126. Power to require buildings, wells, etc, to be rendered safe.
127. Enclosure of waste land used for improper purposes.
128. Responsibility for sanitation.
129. General duties of Health Officer
130. Public latrines, urinals and conservancy establishment.
131. Power of Board to undertake private conservancy arrangements.
132. Deposit and disposal of rubbish, etc.
133. Cesspools, receptacles for filth, etc.
134. Filling up of tank, etc.
135. Provision of latrines, etc.
136. Sanitation in factories, etc.
137. Private latrines.
138. Removal of congested buildings.
139. Overcrowding of dwelling houses.
140. Power to require repair or alteration of building.
141. Power to require land or building to be cleansed.
142. Power to order disuse of house.
143. Removal of noxious vegetation.
Burial and Burning Grounds.
144. Agriculture and irrigation.
145. Power to call for information regarding burial and burning grounds.
146. Permission for use of new burial or burning ground.
147. Power to require closing of burial of burning ground.
148. Exemption from operation of sections 145 to 147.
149. Removal of corpses.
150. Obligation to give information of infectious or contagious diseases.
151. Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases.
152. Power to require names of dairyman's customers.
153. Power to require names of a washerman's customers.







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