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THE CANTONMENTS ACT, 1924
(ACT NO. II OF 1924). |
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An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of cantonments.
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WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of cantonments; It is hereby enacted as follows:- |
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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY |
| 1. Short title, extent and commencement |
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| 2. Definitions |
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CHAPTER II
DEFINITION AND DELIMITATION OF CANTONMENTS |
| 3. Definition of cantonments |
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| 4. Alteration of limit of cantonments |
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| 5. The effect of including area in cantonment |
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| 6. Disposal of cantonment fund when area ceases to be a cantonment |
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| 7. Disposal of cantonment fund when area ceases to be included in a cantonment |
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| 8. Application of funds and property transferred under sections 6 and 7 |
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| 9. Limitation of operation of Act |
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CHAPTER III
CANTONMENT BOARDS |
| Boards |
| 10. Cantonment Board and Executive Officer |
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| 11. Incorporation of Cantonment Board |
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| 12. Appointment of Executive Officer |
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| 13. Classification of Cantonments |
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| 13A. Constitution of Cantonment Boards |
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| 14. Power to vary constitution of Boards in special circum-stances |
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| 15. Term of office of members |
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| 16-17. [Omitted] |
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| 18. Oath or affirmation |
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| 19. Resignation |
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| 20. President and Vice-President |
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| 21. Term of office of Vice-President |
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| 22. Duties of President |
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| 23. Duties of Vice-President |
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| 24. Duties of the Executive Officer |
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| 25. Special power of the Executive Officer |
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| Elections |
| 26-31. [Omitted] |
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| Members |
| 32. Member not to vote on matter in which he is interested |
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| 33. Liability of members |
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| 34. Removal of members |
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| 35. Consequences of removal |
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| Servants |
| 36. Disqualification of person as servant of Board |
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| 36A. Cantonment servant to be deemed a public servant |
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| Procedure |
| 37. Meetings |
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| 38. Business to be transacted |
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| 39. Quorum |
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| 40. Presiding officer |
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| 41. Minutes |
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| 42. Meetings to be public |
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| 43. Method of deciding questions |
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| 43A. Committees for Bazars |
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| 44. Power to make regulations |
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| 45. Joint action with other local authority |
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| 45A. Report on administration |
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| Control |
| 46. Power of Government to require production of documents |
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| 47. Inspection |
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| 48. Power to call for documents |
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| 49. Power to require execution of work, etc. |
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| 50. Power to Provide for enforcement of direction under section 49 |
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| 51. Power to override decision of Board |
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| 52. Power of Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, on reference under section 51 or otherwise |
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| 53. Powers of Government on a reference made under section 51 |
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| 54. Supersession of Board |
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| Validity of Proceedings |
| 55. Validity of proceedings, etc. |
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CHAPTER IV
SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS AND INTOXICATING DRUGS |
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| 56. Unauthorised sale of spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug |
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| 57. Unauthorised possession of spirituous liquor |
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| 58. Arrest of persons and seizure and confiscation of things for offences against the two last foregoing sections |
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| 59. Saving of articles sold or supplied for medicinal purposes |
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CHAPTER V
TAXATION |
| Imposition of Taxation |
| 60. General power of taxation |
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| 61. Framing of preliminary proposals. |
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| 62. Objections and disposal thereof |
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| 63. Imposition of tax |
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| 64. Definition of "annual value". |
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| 65. Incidence of taxation |
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| Assessment List |
| 66. Assessment list |
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| 67. Publication of assessment list |
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| 68. Revision of assessment list |
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| 69. Authentication of assessment list |
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| 70. Evidential value of assessment list |
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| 71. Amendment of assessment list |
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| 72. Preparation of new assessment list |
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| 73. Notice of transfers |
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| 74. Notice of erection of buildings |
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| Remission and Refund |
| 75. Demolition, etc., of buildings |
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| 76. Remission of tax |
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| 77. Power to require entry in assessment list of details of buildings |
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| 77A. Notice to be given of the circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed |
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| 78. What buildings, etc., are to be deemed vacant |
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| 79. Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant building or house |
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| Charge on Immovable Property |
| 80. Tax on buildings and land to be a charge thereon |
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| Octroi, Terminal Tax and Toll |
| 81. Inspection of imported goods, etc. |
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| 82. Evasion of octroi or terminal tax |
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| 83. Lease of octroi, terminal tax or toll |
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| Appeals |
| 84. Appeals against assessment |
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| 85. Costs of appeal |
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| 86. Recovery of costs from Board |
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| 87. Conditions of right to appeal |
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| 88. Finality of appellate orders |
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| Payment and Recovery of Taxes |
| 89. Time and manner of payment of taxes |
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| 90. Presentation of bill |
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| 91. Notice of demand |
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| 92. Recovery of tax |
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| 93. Distress |
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| 94. Disposal of distrained property |
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| 95. Recovery from a person about to leave cantonment |
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| 96. Power to institute suit for recovery |
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| Special Provisions relating to Taxation |
| 97. Power to prohibit or exempt form taxation |
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| 98. Power to make special provision for conservancy in certain cases |
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| 99. Exemption in the case of buildings |
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| 99A. General power of exemption |
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| 100. Exemption of poor persons |
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| 101. Composition |
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| 102. Irrecoverable debts |
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| 103. Obligation to disclose liability |
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| 104. Immaterial error not to affect liability |
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| 105. Distraint not to be invalid by reason of immaterial defect |
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CHAPTER VI
CANTONMENT FUND AND PROPERTY |
| Cantonment Fund |
| 106. Cantonment fund |
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| 107. Custody of cantonment fund |
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| Property |
| 108. Property |
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| 109. Application of cantonment fund and property |
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| 110. Acquisition of immovable property |
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| 111. Power to make rules regarding cantonment fund and property |
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CHAPTER VII
CONTRACTS |
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| 112. Contracts by whom to be executed |
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| 113. Sanction |
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| 114. Execution of contracts |
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| 115. Contracts improperly executed not to be binding on a Board |
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CHAPTER VIII
DUTIES AND DISCRETIONARY FUNCTIONS OF BOARDS |
| 116. Duties of Board |
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| 116A. Power to manage property |
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| 117. Discretionary functions of Board |
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| 117A. Power of expenditure for educational purposes outside the cantonment |
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CHAPTER IX
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUPPRESSION OF NUISANCES |
| General Nuisances |
| 118. Penalty for causing nuisances |
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| Dogs |
| 119. Registration and control of dogs |
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| Traffic |
| 120. Rule of the road |
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| Prevention of Fire, etc. |
| 121. Use of inflammable materials for building purposes |
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| 122. Stacking of collecting inflammable materials. |
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| 123. Care of naked lights |
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| 124. Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic perfor-mances |
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| 125. Discharging fire-works, fire-arms, etc. |
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| 126. Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe |
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| 127. Enclosure of waste land used for improper purposes |
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CHAPTER X
SANITATION AND THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE |
| Sanitary Authorities |
| 128. Responsibility for sanitation |
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| 129. General duties of Health Officer |
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| Conservancy and Sanitation |
| 130. Public latrines, urinals and conservancy establishments |
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| 131. Power of Board to undertake private conservancy arrangements |
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| 132. Deposit and disposal of rubbish, etc. |
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| 133. Cesspools, receptacles for filth, etc. |
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| 134. Filling up of tank, etc. |
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| 135. Provision of latrines, etc. |
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| 136. Sanitation in factories, etc. |
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| 137. Private latrines |
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| 138. Removal of congested buildings |
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| 139. Overcrowding of dwelling houses |
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| 140. Power to require repair or alteration of building |
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| 141 Power to require land or building to be cleansed |
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| 142. Power to order disuse of house |
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| 143. Removal of noxious vegetation |
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| 144. Agriculture and irrigation |
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| Burial and Burning Grounds |
| 145. Power to call for information regarding burial and burning grounds |
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| 146. Permission for use of new burial or burning ground |
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| 147. Power to require closing of burial or burning grounds |
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| 148. Exemption from operation of sections 145 to 147 |
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| 149. Removal of corpses |
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| Prevention of Infectious, or Contagious Diseases |
| 150. Obligation to give information of infectious or contagious diseases |
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| 151. Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases |
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| 152. Power to require names of dairyman's customers |
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| 153. Power to require names of a washerman's customers |
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| 154. Report after inspection of dairy or washerman's place of business |
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| 155. Action on report submitted by Health Officer |
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| 156. Examination of milk of washed cloths |
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| 157. Contamination of public conveyance |
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| 158. Disinfection of public conveyance |
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| 159. Penalty for failure to report |
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| 160. Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease |
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| 161. Disinfection of building or articles therein |
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| 162. Destruction of infectious hut or shed |
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| 163. Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed building or shed |
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| 164. Disinfection of building before letting the same |
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| 165. Disposal of infected article without disinfection |
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| 166. Means of disinfection |
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| 167. Making or selling of food, etc., or washing clothes by infected person |
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| 168. Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink |
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| 169. Control over wells, tanks, etc. |
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| 170. Disposal of infectious corpse |
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| Hospitals and Dispensaries |
| 171. Maintenance or aiding of hospitals or dispensaries |
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| 172. Medical supplies, appliances, etc. |
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| 173. Free patients |
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| 174. Paying patients |
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| 175. Power to order person to attend hospital or dispensary |
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| 176. Power to exclude from cantonment persons refusing to attend hospital or dispensary |
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| Control of Traffic for Hygienic Purposes |
| 177. Routes for pilgrims and others |
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| Special Conditions regarding Essential Services |
| 178. Conditions of Service of sweepers |
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CHAPTER XI
CONTROL OVER BUILDINGS, STREETS, BOUNDARIES, TREES, ETC. |
| Buildings |
| 178A. Sanction for building |
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| 179. Notice of new buildings |
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| 180. Conditions of valid notice |
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| 181. Power of Board to sanction or refuse |
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| 182. Compensation |
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| 183. Lapse of sanction |
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| 183A. Period for completion of building |
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| 184. Illegal erection and re-erection |
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| 185. Power to stop erection or re-erection or to demolish |
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| 186. Power to make bye-laws |
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| 187. Projections and obstructions |
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| 188. Unauthorised buildings over drains, etc. |
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| 189. Drainage and sewer connections |
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| 190. Power to attach brackets for lamps |
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| Streets |
| 191. Temporary occupation of street, land, etc. |
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| 192. Closing and opening of streets |
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| 193. Names of streets and numbers of buildings |
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| Boundaries and Trees |
| 194. Boundary walls, hedges and fences |
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| 195. Felling, lopping and trimming of trees |
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| 196. Digging of public land |
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| 197. Improper use of land |
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CHAPTER XII
MARKETS, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS |
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| 198. Public markets and slaughter-houses |
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| 199. Use of public markets |
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| 200. Levy of stallages, rents and fees |
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| 201. Stallages, rents, etc., to be published |
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| 202. Private markets and slaughter-houses |
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| 203. Conditions of grant of licence for private market or slaughter-house |
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| 204. Penalty for keeping market or slaughter-house open without licence, etc. |
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| 205. Penalty for using unlicensed market or slaughter-house |
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| 206. Prohibition and restriction of use of slaughter-houses |
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| 207. Power to inspect slaughter-houses |
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| 208. Power to make bye-laws |
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| Trades and Occupations |
| 209. Provision of washing places |
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| 210. Licences required for carrying on of certain occupations |
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| 211. Conditions which may be attached to licences |
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| General Provisions |
| 212. Power to vary licence |
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| 213. Carrying on trade, etc., without licence or in contravention of section 212 |
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| 214. Feeding animals on dirt, etc. |
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| Entry, Inspection and Seizure |
| 215. Powers of entry and seizure. |
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| Import of Cattle and Flesh |
| 216. Import of cattle and flesh |
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CHAPTER XIII
WATER-SUPPLY, DRAINAGE AND LIGHTING |
| Water-supply |
| 217. Maintenance of water-supply |
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| 218. Control over sources of public water-supply |
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| 219. Power to require maintenance or closing of private source of public drinking water-supply |
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| 220. Supply of water |
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| 221. Power to require water-supply to be taken |
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| 222. Supply of water under agreement |
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| 223. Board not liable for failure of supply |
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| 224. Conditions of universal application |
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| 225. Supply to persons outside cantonment |
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| 226. Penalty |
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| Water, Drainage and other Connections |
| 227. Power of Board to lay wires, connections, etc. |
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| 228. Wires, etc., laid above surface of ground |
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| 229. Connection with main not to be made without permission |
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| 230. Power to prescribe ferrules and to establish meters, etc. |
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| 231. Power of inspection |
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| 232. Power to fix rates and charges |
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| Application of this Chapter to Government Water-supplies |
| 233. Government water-supply |
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| 234. Recovery of charges |
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| 234A. Supply of water from Government water-supply to the Board |
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| 234B. Functions of the Board in relation to distribution of bulk supply |
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CHAPTER XIV
REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION FROM CANTONMENT AND |
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| 235. Power to remove brothels and prostitutes |
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| 236. Penalty for loitering and importuning for purposes of prostitution |
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| 237. Removal of lewd persons from cantonment |
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| 238. Removal and exclusion from cantonment of disorderly persons |
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| 239. Removal and exclusion from cantonment of seditious persons |
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| 240. Penalty |
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CHAPTER XV
POWERS, PROCEDURE, PENALTIES AND APPEALS |
| Entry and Inspection |
| 241. Powers of entry |
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| 242. Powers of inspection by member of a Board |
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| 243. Power of inspection, etc. |
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| 244. Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress |
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| 245. Breaking into premises |
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| 246. Entry to be made in the day time |
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| 247. Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained |
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| 248. Regard to be had to social and religious usages |
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| 249. Penalty for obstruction |
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| Powers and Duties of Police Officers |
| 250. Arrest without warrant |
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| 251. Duties of police officers |
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| Notices |
| 252. Notices to fix reasonable time |
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| 253. Authentication and validity of notices issued by Board. |
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| 254. Service of notice, etc. |
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| 255. Method of giving notice |
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| 256. Powers of Board in case of noncompliance with notice, etc. |
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| Recovery of Money |
| 257. Liability of occupier to pay in default of owner |
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| 258. Relief to agents and trustees |
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| 259. Method of recovery |
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| Committees of Arbitration |
| 260. Application for a Committee of Arbitration |
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| 261. Procedure for convening Committee of Arbitration |
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| 262. Constitution of Committee of Arbitration |
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| 263. No person to be nominated who has direct interest or whose services are not immediately available |
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| 264. Meetings and powers of Committees of Arbitration |
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| 265. Decisions of Committees of Arbitration |
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| Prosecutions |
| 266. Prosecution |
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| 267. Composition of offence |
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| General Penalty Provisions |
| 268. General penalty |
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| 269. Cancellation and suspension of licences |
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| 270. Recovery of amount payable in respect of damage to cantonment property |
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| Limitation |
| 271. Limitation for prosecution |
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| Suits |
| 272. Protection of Board, Executive Officer, etc. |
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| 273. Notice to be given of suits |
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| Appeals and Revision |
| 274. Appeals from executive orders |
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| 275. Petition of appeal |
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| 276. Suspension of action pending appeal |
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| 277. Revision |
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| 278. Finality of appellate orders |
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| 279. Right of appellant to be heard |
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CHAPTER XVI
RULES AND BYE-LAWS |
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| 280. Power to make rules |
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| 281. Supplemental provisions respecting rules |
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| 282. Power to make bye-laws |
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| 283. Penalty for breach of bye-laws |
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| 284. Supplemental provisions regarding bye-laws |
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| 285. Rules and bye-laws to be available for inspection and purchase |
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CHAPTER XVII
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS |
| 286. Extension of certain provisions of the Act and rules to places beyond cantonments |
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| 286A. Power to delegate functions of Executive Officer |
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| 287. Registration |
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| 288. Validity of notices and other documents |
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| 289. Admissibility of document or entry as evidence |
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| 290. Evidence by officer or servant of the Board |
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| 291. Application of Act IV of 1899 |
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| 292. [Repealed] |
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Copyright © 2010,
Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division
Ministry of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs |
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