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1The Cantonments Act, 1924

( ACT NO. II OF 1924 )

Chapter VI

CANTONMENT FUND AND PROPERTY

Property

Property
108. Subject to any special reservation made by the Government, all property of the nature hereinafter in this section specified which has been acquired or provided or is maintained by a Board shall vest in and belong to that Board, and shall be under its direction, management and control, that is to say,-
 
 
(a) all markets, slaughter-houses, manure and night-soil depots, and buildings of every description;
 
 
(b) all water-works for the supply, storage or distribution of water for public purposes and all bridges, buildings, engines, materials, and things connected therewith or appertaining thereto;
 
 
(c) all sewers, drains, culverts and water-courses, and all works, materials and things appertaining thereto;
 
 
(d) all dust, dirt, dung, ashes, refuse, animals matter, filth and rubbish of very kind, and dead bodies of animals collected by the Board from the streets, houses, privies sewers, cesspools or elsewhere, or deposited in places appointed by the Board for such purpose;
 
 
(e) all lamps and lamp-posts and apparatus connected therewith or appertaining thereto;
 
 
(f) all land or other property transferred to the Board 2[by the Government], or by gift, purchase or otherwise for local public purposes; and
 
 
(g) all streets and the pavements, stones and other materials thereof, and also all trees erections, materials, implements, and things existing on or appertaining to streets.

  • 1
    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Bangladesh", Government", "Penal Code" and "Taka" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan", "Central Government", "Pakistan Penal Code" and "rupee" or "rupees" respectively by the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973), section 3 and 2nd Schedule
  • 2
    The words "by the Government" were substituted, for the words "by the Central or a Provincial Government" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
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