Chapter III
                            
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            CANTONMENT BOARDS
                            
                            
                        
                    
                 
            
            
                
                    
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                         	Classification of Cantonments
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
            
            
                
                13.(1) Cantonments shall be divided into three classes, namely:-	
 
 
(i)	Class I Cantonments, in which the civil population exceeds ten thousand;	
 
 
(ii)	Class II Cantonment, in which the civil population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand; and	
 
 
(iii)	Class III Cantonments, in which the civil population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.	
 
 
	(2)	For the purposes of sub-section (1), the civil population shall be calculated in accordance with the latest official census, or, if the Government, by general or special order, so directs, in accordance with a special census taken for the purpose.
                
                
                
                
                
                
            
 
         
        
        
            
        
        
        
        
    
    
    
        
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