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Cantonments Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of cantonments with a view to impart greater democratisation, improvement of their financial base to make provisions for developmental activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
| Act Id | 200641 |
| Act Number | 41 |
| Enactment Date | 2006-09-13 |
| Act Year | 2006 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Defence |
| Enforcement Date | 18-12-2006 |
- PRELIMINARY
- DEFINITION AND DELIMITAITON OF CONTONMENT
- 3 Definition of cantonments
- 4 Alteration of limits of cantonments
- 5 The effect of including area in cantonment
- 6 Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be a cantonment
- 7 Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development 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
- Boards
- 10 Cantonment Board
- 11 Incorporation of Cantonment Board
- 12 Constitution of Cantonment of Boards
- 13 Power to vary constitution of Boards in special circumstances
- 14 Term of office of members
- 15 Filling of vacancies
- 16 Vacancies in special cases
- 17 Oath or affirmation
- 18 Resignation
- 19 President and Vice-President
- 20 Term of office of Vice-President
- 21 Duties of President
- 22 Duties of Vice-President
- 23 Allowances to Vice-President and members
- 24 Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
- 25 Duties of Chief Executive Officer
- 26 Special power of Chief Executive Officer
- Elections
- Members
- Employees
- Procedure
- Control
- 51 Power of Central Government to require production of documents
- 52 Inspection
- 53 Power to call for documents
- 54 Power to require execution of work, etc
- 55 Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 54
- 56 Power to override decision of Board
- 57 Power of Central Government to review
- 58 Power of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, on reference under section 56 or otherwise
- 59 Power of Central Government on a reference made under section 56
- 60 Supersession of Board
- Validity of proceedings
- DUTIES AND DISCRETIONARY FUNCTIONS OF BOARDS
- Imposition of taxation
- Assessment list
- Remission and refund
- 83 Demolition, etc., of buildings
- 84 Remission of tax
- 85 Power to require entry in assessment list of details of buildings
- 86 Notice to be given of the circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed
- 87 What buildings, etc., are to be deemed vacant
- 88 Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant building or house
- Charge on immovable property
- Octroi, terminal tax and toll
- Appeals
- Payment and recovery of taxes
- 98 Time and manner of payment of taxes
- 99 Public notice for taxes due
- 100 Notice of demand
- 101 Recovery of tax
- 102 Interest payable on taxes due
- 103 Distress
- 104 Disposal of distrained property
- 105 Attachment and sale of immovable property
- 106 Recovery from a person about to leave cantonment and refund of surplus sale proceeds, if any
- 107 Power to institute suit for recovery
- Special provisions relating to taxation, etc.
- 108 Board to be a Municipality for taxation purposes
- 109 Payment to be made to a Board as service charges by Central Government or State Government
- 110 Power to be make special provision for conservancy in certain cases
- 111 Exemption in case of buildings
- 112 General power of exemption
- 113 Exemption of poor persons
- 114 Composition
- 115 Irrecoverable debts
- 116 Obligation to disclose liability
- 117 Immaterial error not to affect liability
- 118 Distraint not to be invalid by reason of immaterial defect
- Cantonment fund and cantonment development fund
- Property
- CONTRACTS
- Sanitary authorities
- Conservancy and sanitation
- 132 Public latrines, urinals and conservancy establishments
- 133 Duty of occupier to collect and desposit rubbish, etc
- 134 Power of Board to undertake private conservancy arrangement
- 135 Deposits and disposal of rubbish, etc
- 136 Cesspools, receptacles, for filth, etc
- 137 Filling up of tank, etc
- 138 Provision of latrines, etc
- 139 Sanitation in factories, etc
- 140 Private latrines
- 141 Special provisions for collection of rubbish and solid waste management
- 142 Removal of congested buildings
- 143 Overcrowding of dwelling houses
- 144 Power to require repair or alternation of building
- 145 Power to require land or building to be cleansed
- 146 Prohibition in respect of air pollutant
- 147 Power to order disuse of house
- 148 Removal of noxious vegetation
- 149 Agriculture and irrigation
- Burial and burning grounds
- Prevention of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases
- 155 Obligation concerning infectious, contagious o communicable diseases
- 156 Blood Bank
- 157 Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases
- 158 Power to require names of a dairyman‟s customers
- 159 Power to require names of a washerman‟s customers
- 160 Power to require names of patients or customers of a medical practitioner or paramedical workers
- 161 Report after inspection of dairy or washerman or medical practitioner‟s place of business
- 162 Action on report submitted by Health Officer
- 163 Examination of milk, washed clothes or needles, syringes, etc
- 164 Contamination of public conveyance
- 165 Disinfection of public conveyance
- 166 Penalty for failure to report
- 167 Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease
- 168 Disinfection of building or articles therein
- 169 Destruction of infectious hut or shed
- 170 Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed buildings or shed
- 171 Disinfection of building before letting the same
- 172 Disposal of infected article without disinfection
- 173 Means of disinfection
- 174 Marking or selling of food, etc., or washing clothes by infected person
- 175 Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink
- 176 Control over wells, tanks, etc
- 177 Disposal of infectious corpse
- Hospitals and dispensaries
- Control of traffic for hygienic purposes
- Special conditious regarding essential services
- Water-supply
- 186 Maintenance of water-supply
- 187 Terms of water-supply
- 188 Board to carry out survey and formulate proposals
- 189 Control over sources of public water-supply
- 190 Power to require maintenance or closing of private source of public drinking water-supply
- 191 Supply of water
- 192 Power to require water-supply to be taken
- 193 Supply of water under agreement
- 194 Board not liable for failure of supply
- 195 Conditions of universal application
- 196 Supply to persons outside cantonment
- 197 Penalty
- Water, drainage and other connections
- Application of this Chapter to Government water-supplies
- 204 Government water-supply
- 205 Water supply for domestic consumption
- 206 Recovery of charges
- 207 Supply of water from Government water-supply to the Board
- 208 Functions of the Board in relation to distribution of bulk supply
- 209 Special provisions concerning drainage and sewage
- 210 Construction of and control of drains and sewage collection and disposal works
- 211 Certain matters not to be passed into cantonments drains
- 212 Application by owners and occupiers to drain into cantonment drains
- 213 Drainage of undrained premises
- 214 New premises not be erected without drains
- 215 Power to drain group or block of premises by combined operations
- 216 Power to close or limit the use of private drains in certain cases
- 217 Use of drain by a person other than the owner
- 218 Sewage and rain water drains to be distinct
- 219 Power to require owner to carry out certain works for satisfactory drainage
- 220 Appointment of places for the emptying of drains and collection of sewage
- Miscellaneous
- 221 Connection with water works and drains not to be made without permission
- 222 Buildings, railways and private streets not to be erected or constructed over drains or water works without permission
- 223 Rights or user of property for aqueducts, lines, etc
- 224 Power of owner of premises to place pipes and drains through land belonging to other persons
- 225 Power to require railway level, etc., to be raised or lowered
- 226 Power to execute work after giving notice to the person liable
- 227 Power to affix shafts, etc., for ventilation of drain or cesspool
- 228 Power to examine and test drains, etc., believed to be defective
- 229 Bulk delivery of sewage by the Board
- 230 Employment of Government agencies for repair, etc
- 231 Works to be done by licensed plumber
- 232 Prohibition of certain acts
- TOWN PLANNING AND CONTROL OVER BUILDING, ETC.
- 233 Preparation of land use plan
- 234 Sanction for building
- 235 Notice of new buildings
- 236 Conditions of valid notice
- 237 Powers of Board under certain sections exercisable by Chief Executive Officer
- 238 Power of Board to sanction or refuse
- 239 Order of stoppage of building or works in certain cases and disposal of things removed
- 240 Power to sanction general scheme for prevention of overcrowding, etc
- 241 Compensation
- 242 Completion notice
- 243 Lapse of sanction
- 244 Restrictions on use of buildings
- 245 Period for completion of building
- 246 Completion certificate
- 247 Illegal erection and re-erection
- 248 Power to stop erection or re-erection or to demolish
- 249 Power to seal unauthorised constructions
- 250 Courts not to entertain proceedings in certain cases
- 251 Power to make bye-laws
- 252 Prohibition of structures or fixtures which cause obstruction in streets
- 253 Unauthorised buildings over drains, etc
- 254 Drainage and sewer connections
- 255 Power to attach brackets for lamps and other accessories
- 256 Maintenance of Roads
- Streets
- MARKET, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS
- 265 Public markers and slaughter-houses
- 266 Use of public market
- 267 Power to transfer by public auction, etc
- 268 Stallages, rents, etc., to be published
- 269 Private markets and slaughter-houses
- 270 Conditions of grant of licence for private market or slaughter-house
- 271 Penalty for keeping market or slaughter-house open without licence, etc
- 272 Penalty for using unlicensed market or slaughter-house
- 273 Prohibition and restriction of use of slaughter-house
- 274 Power to inspect slaughter-houses
- 275 Power to regulate certain activities
- Trades and occupations
- General provisions
- Entry, inspection and seizure
- Import of cattle and flesh
- SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS AND INTROXICATING DRUGS
- General Nuisances
- Dogs
- Traffic
- Prevention of fire, etc.
- 292 Use of inflammable materials for buildings purposes
- 293 Stacking or collecting inflammable materials
- 294 Care of naked lights
- 295 Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic performances
- 296 Discharging fire-works, fire-arms, etc
- 297 Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe
- 298 Enclosure of wasteland used for improper purposes
- REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION FROM CANTONMNETS AND SUPPRESSION OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY
- Entry and inspection
- 305 Powers of entry
- 306 Power of inspection by member of a Board
- 307 Power of inspection, etc
- 308 Power to enter land, adjoining land where work is in progress
- 309 Breaking into premises
- 310 Entry to be made in the day time
- 311 Owner‟s consent ordinarily to be obtained
- 312 Regard to be had to social and religious usages
- 313 Penalty for obstruction
- Powers and duties of police officers
- Notices
- Recovery of Money
- Committees of Arbitration
- 325 Application for a Committee of Arbitration
- 326 Procedure for convening Committee of Arbitration
- 327 Constitution of the Committee of Arbitration
- 328 No person to be nominated who has direct interest or whose services are not immediately available
- 329 Meetings and powers of Committee or Arbitration
- 330 Decisions of Committee of Arbitration
- Prosecutions
- General Penalty Provisions
- Limitation
- Suits
- Appeals and Revision
- RULES AND BYE-LAWS
- SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
- 352 Extension of certain provisions of the Act and rules to place beyond cantonments
- 353 Power to delegate functions to the President, etc
- 354 Registration
- 355 Validity of notices and other documents
- 356 Admissibility of document or entry as evidence
- 357 Evidence by officer or employee of the Board
- 358 Application of Act 4 of 1899
- 359 Power to remove difficulties
- 360 Repeals and savings
