Cantonments Act 1924

 

Sections	Context		Case Laws
PREAMBLE	Preamble		CaseLaw
1	Short title extent and commencement
2	Definitions		CaseLaw
3	Definition of Cantonments		CaseLaw
4	Alteration of limit of Cantonments		CaseLaw
5	The effect of including area in Cantonment		CaseLaw
6	Disposal of Cantonment fund when area ceases to be a Cantonment		CaseLaw
7	Disposal 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		CaseLaw
11	Incorporation of Cantonment board		CaseLaw
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		CaseLaw
15	Term of office of members		CaseLaw
15-A	Electoral rolls
15-B	Qualifications and disqualifications of members		CaseLaw
15-BB	No person contesting election to a Board shall, directly or indirectly		CaseLaw
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		CaseLaw
18	Oath or affirmation
19	Resignation
20	President and vice-president
21	Term of office of vice-president		CaseLaw
22	Duties of president
23	Duties of vice-president		CaseLaw
24	Duties of the executive officer		CaseLaw
25	Special power of the executive officer		CaseLaw
26	Omitted		CaseLaw
27	Omitted		CaseLaw
28	Omitted
29	Omitted
30	Omitted		CaseLaw
31	Omitted
32	Member not to vote on matter in which he is interested
33	Liability of members
34	Removal of members		CaseLaw
35	Consequences of removal
36	Disqualification of person as servant of board
36-A	Cantonment servant to be deemed a public servant
37	Meetings		CaseLaw
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 Punchayats
44	Power to make regulations		CaseLaw
45	Joint action with other local authority		CaseLaw
45-A	Report on administration
46	Power of central Government to require production of documents
47	Inspection		CaseLaw
48	Power to call for documents
49	Power to require execution of work etc		CaseLaw
50	Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 49
51	Power to override decision of board		CaseLaw
52	Power of officer commanding-in -chief the command on reference under section 51 or otherwise		CaseLaw
53	Powers of central Government on a reference made under section 51
54	Supersession of board
55	Validity of proceedings etc		CaseLaw
56	Unauthorised sale of spirituous liquor
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		CaseLaw
61	Framing of preliminary proposals		CaseLaw
62	Objections and disposal thereof		CaseLaw
63	Imposition of tax		CaseLaw
64	Definition of annual value		CaseLaw
65	Incidence of taxation		CaseLaw
66	Assessment list
67	Publication of assessment list
68	Revision of assessment list		CaseLaw
69	Authentication of assessment list
70	Evidential value of assessment list		CaseLaw
71	Amendment of assessment list		CaseLaw
72	Preparation of new assessment list
73	Notice of transfer		CaseLaw
74	Notice of erection of buildings
75	Demolitions etc of buildings
76	Remission of tax
77	Power to require entry in assessment list of details of buildings		CaseLaw
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		CaseLaw
81	Inspection of imported goods etc
82	Evasion of octroi or terminal tax
83	Lease of octroi terminal tax or toll		CaseLaw
84	Appeals against assessment		CaseLaw
85	Costs of appeal
86	Recovery of costs from board
87	Conditions of right to appeal		CaseLaw
88	Finality of appellate orders		CaseLaw
89	Time and manner of payment of taxes		CaseLaw
90	Presentation of bill		CaseLaw
91	Notice of demand		CaseLaw
92	Recovery of tax		CaseLaw
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		CaseLaw
99	Exemption in the case of buildings		CaseLaw
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		CaseLaw
109	Application of Cantonment fund and property
110	Acquisition of immoveable property		CaseLaw
111	Power to make rules regarding Cantonment fund and property		CaseLaw
112	Contracts by whom to be executed		CaseLaw
113	Sanction		CaseLaw
114	Execution of contracts		CaseLaw
115	Contracts improperly executed not to be binding on a board		CaseLaw
116	Duties of board		CaseLaw
117	Discretionary functions of board		CaseLaw
118	Penalty for causing nuisances
119	Registration and control of dogs
120	Rule of the road		CaseLaw
121	Use of inflammable materials for building purpose
122	Stacking or collecting inflammable materials
123	Care of naked lights
124	Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic performances		CaseLaw
125	Discharging fire-works fire-arms etc
126	Power to require buildings wells etc to be rendered safe		CaseLaw
127	Enclosure of waste land used for improper purposes
128	Responsibility for sanitation		CaseLaw
129	General duties of health officer
130	Public latrines urinals and conservancy establishments
131	Power of board to undertake private conservancy arrangements
132	Deposit and disposal of rubbish, etc.
133	Cesspools receptacles for filth, etc.		CaseLaw
134	Filling up of tank, etc.
135	Provision of1 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
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 or burning ground
148	Exemption form operation of section 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 washer man’s customers
154	Report after inspection of dairy or washer man’s place of business
155	Action on report submitted by health officer
156	Examination of milk or washed clothes
157	Contamination of public conveyance
158	Disinfection of public conveyance
159	Penalty for failure to report
160	Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease
161	Disinfection of building or articles therein
162	Destruction of infectious but or shed
163	Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed building or shed
164	Disinfection of building before letting the same
165	Disposal of infected article without disinfection
166	Means of disinfection
167	Making or selling of food etc or washing clothes by infected person
168	Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink
169	Control over wells tanks etc
170	Disposal of infectious corpse
171	Maintenance or aiding of hospitals or dispensaries
172	Medical supplies appliances etc
173	Free patients
174	Paying patients		CaseLaw
175	Power to order person to attend hospital or dispensary
176	Power to exclude from Cantonment persons refusing to attend hospital or dispensary
177	Routes for pilgrims and others
178	Conditions of service of sweepers		CaseLaw
179	Notice of new buildings		CaseLaw
180	Conditions of valid notice		CaseLaw
181	Power of board to sanction or refuse		CaseLaw
182	Compensation		CaseLaw
183	Lapse of sanction		CaseLaw
184	Illegal erection and re-erection		CaseLaw
185	Power to stop erection or re-erection or to demolish		CaseLaw
186	Power to make bye-laws		CaseLaw
187	Projections and obstructions		CaseLaw
188	Unauthorised buildings over drains, etc.		CaseLaw
189	Drainage and sewer connections		CaseLaw
190	Power to attach brackets for lamps		CaseLaw
191	Temporary occupation of street, land, etc.		CaseLaw
192	Closing and opening of streets		CaseLaw
193	Names of streets and numbers of buildings		CaseLaw
194	Boundary walls hedges and fences		CaseLaw
195	Felling lopping and trimming of trees		CaseLaw
196	Digging of public land		CaseLaw
197	Improper use of land		CaseLaw
198	Public markets and slaughter-houses		CaseLaw
199	Use of public markets		CaseLaw
200	Levy of stallages, rents and fees		CaseLaw
201	Stallages, rents etc. To be published
202	Private markets and slaughter-houses		CaseLaw
203	Conditions of grant of licence for private market or slaughter-house
204	Penalty for keeping market or slaughter-house open without licence etc
205	Penalty for using unlicensed market or slaughter-house
206	Prohibition and restriction of use of slaughter-houses
207	Power to inspect slaughter-houses
208	Power to make bye-laws
209	Provision of washing places
210	Licences required for carrying on of certain occupations		CaseLaw
211	Conditions which may be attached to licences
212	Power to vary licence
213	Carrying on trade etc without licence or in contravention of section 212
214	Feeding animals on dirt etc
215	Powers of entry and seizure
216	Import of cattle and flesh
217	Maintenance of water-supply		CaseLaw
218	Control over sources of public water-supply
219	Power to require maintenance or closing or private source of public drinking water-supply
220	Supply of water		CaseLaw
221	Power to require water-supply to be taken
222	Supply of water under agreement		CaseLaw
223	Board not liable for failure of supply
224	Conditions of universal application
225	Supply to persons outside Cantonment		CaseLaw
226	Penalty
227	Power of board to lay wires connections etc
228	Wires etc laid above surface of ground
229	Connection with main not to be made without permission
230	Power to prescribe ferrules and to establish meters etc
231	Power of inspection
232	Power to fix rates and charges		CaseLaw
233	Government water-supply
234	Recovery of charges
235	Power to remove brothels and prostitutes		CaseLaw
236	Penalty for loitering and importuning for purpose of prostitution		CaseLaw
237	Removal of lewd persons from Cantonment		CaseLaw
238	Removal and exclusion from Cantonment of disorderly persons
239	Removal and exclusion from Cantonment of seditious persons
240	Penalty		CaseLaw
241	Powers of entry
242	Powers of inspection by member of a board
243	Power of inspection etc
244	Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress
245	Breaking into premises
246	Entry to be made in the day time
247	Owner’s consent ordinarily to be obtained
248	Regard to be had to social and religious usages
249	Penalty for obstruction
250	Arrest without warrant		CaseLaw
251	Duties of police officers
252	Notices to fix reasonable time
253	Authentication and validity of notices issued by board
254	Service of notice etc
255	Method of given notice		CaseLaw
256	Powers of board in case of non-compliance with notice etc		CaseLaw
257	Liability of occupier to pay in default of owner
258	Relief to agents and trustees
259	Method of recovery		CaseLaw
260	Application for a committee of arbitration		CaseLaw
261	Procedure for convening committee of arbitration		CaseLaw
262	Constitution of committee of arbitration		CaseLaw
263	No person to be nominated who has direct interest or whose services are not immediately available		CaseLaw
264	Meetings and powers of committees of arbitration		CaseLaw
265	Decisions of committees of arbitration		CaseLaw
266	Prosecutions
267	Composition of offence
268	General penalty		CaseLaw
269	Cancellation and suspension of licences		CaseLaw
270	Recovery of amount payable in respect of damage to Cantonment property
271	Limitation for prosecution		CaseLaw
272	Protection of board executive officer etc		CaseLaw
273	Notice to be given of suits		CaseLaw
274	Appeals from executive orders		CaseLaw
275	Petition of appeal
276	Suspension of action pending appeal
277	Revision		CaseLaw
278	Finality of appellate orders		CaseLaw
279	Right of appellant to be heard
280	Power to make rules		CaseLaw
281	Supplemental provisions respecting rules
282	Power to make bye-laws		CaseLaw
283	Penalty for breach of bye-laws		CaseLaw
284	Supplemental provisions regarding bye-laws		CaseLaw
285	Rules and bye-laws to be available for inspection and purchase
286	Extension of certain provisions of the act and rules to places beyond Cantonments
287	Registration
288	Validity of notices and other documents
289	Admissibility of documents or entry as evidence
290	Evidence by officer or servant of the board
291	Application of Act IV of 1899
292	Repealed
77-A	Notice to be given of the circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed
99-A	General power of exemption		CaseLaw
116-A	Power to manage property
117-A	Power of expenditure for educational purposes outside the Cantonment
178-A	Sanction for building		CaseLaw
183-A	Period for completion of building		CaseLaw
234-A	Supply of water from Government water-supply to the board
234-B	Functions of the board in relation to distribution of bulk supply
286-A	Power to delegate functions of executive officer
286-B	Delegation of powers		CaseLaw
FIRST SCHEDULE	Notice of Demand
SECOND SCHEDULE	Form of Warrant
THIRD SCHEDULE	Form of inventory of Property distrained and Notice of Sale
FOURTH SCHEDULE	Cases in which Police may arrestwithout warrant
FIFTH SCHEDULE	Appeals from Orders
SIXTH SCHEDULE	[Repealed]