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1The Cantonments Act, 1924

( ACT NO. II OF 1924 )

Chapter XII

MARKETS, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS

Private markets and slaughter-houses
202.(1) No place in a cantonment other than a public market shall be used as a market, and no place in a cantonment other than a public slaughter-house shall be used as a slaughter-house, unless such place has been licensed as a market or slaughter-house, as the case may be, by the Board:
 
 
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply in the case of a slaughter-house established and maintained by the Government.
 
 
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed-
 
 
(a) to restrict the slaughter of any animal in any place on the occasion of any festival or ceremony, subject to such conditions as to prior or subsequent notice as the Executive Officer with the previous sanction of the District Magistrate may, by public or special notice, impose in this behalf, or
 
 
(b) to prevent the Executive Officer, with the sanction of the Board, from setting apart places for the slaughter of animals in accordance with religious custom, when such animals are slaughtered for consumption by the troops or for the purpose of the sale of the flesh thereof to the troops.
 
 
(3) Whoever omits to comply with any condition imposed by the Executive Officer under clause (a) of sub-section (2) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty Taka and, in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine which may extend to ten Taka for every day after the first during which the offence is continued.

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    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
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