Cantonments Act, 2006

Bare Act · 2006

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 number: 41 of 2006
Enacted: 13 September 2006
Contents: 361 sections · 18 chapters

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Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — Definition And Delimitation Of Cantonment

Chapter VI — Cantonment Fund And Property

Chapter VII — Contracts

Section 126 – Contracts by whom to be executed (preview)
Section 127 – Sanction (preview)
Section 128 – Execution of contract (preview)
Section 129 – Contracts improperly executed not to be binding on a Board (preview)

Chapter VIII — Sanitation And The Prevention And Treatment Of Disease

Section 130 – Responsibility for sanitation (preview)
Section 131 – General duties of Health Officer (preview)
Section 132 – Public latrines, urinals and conservancy establishments (preview)
Section 133 – Duty of occupier to collect and desposit rubbish, etc (preview)
Section 134 – Power of Board to undertake private conservancy arrangement (preview)
Section 135 – Deposits and disposal of rubbish, etc (preview)
Section 136 – Cesspools, receptacles, for filth, etc (preview)
Section 137 – Filling up of tank, etc (preview)
Section 138 – Provision of latrines, etc (preview)
Section 139 – Sanitation in factories, etc (preview)
Section 140 – Private latrines (preview)
Section 141 – Special provisions for collection of rubbish and solid waste management (preview)
Section 142 – Removal of congested buildings (preview)
Section 143 – Overcrowding of dwelling houses (preview)
Section 144 – Power to require repair or alternation of building (preview)
Section 145 – Power to require land or building to be cleansed (preview)
Section 146 – Prohibition in respect of air pollutant (preview)
Section 147 – Power to order disuse of house (preview)
Section 148 – Removal of noxious vegetation (preview)
Section 149 – Agriculture and irrigation (preview)
Section 150 – Power to call for information regarding burial and burning grounds (preview)
Section 151 – Permission for use of new burial or burning ground (preview)
Section 152 – Power to require closing of burial or burning ground (preview)
Section 153 – Exemption from operation of sections 150 to 152 (preview)
Section 154 – Removal of corpses (preview)
Section 155 – Omitted (preview)
Section 156 – Blood Bank (preview)
Section 157 – Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases (preview)
Section 158 – Power to require names of a dairyman‟s customers (preview)
Section 159 – Power to require names of a washerman‟s customers (preview)
Section 160 – Power to require names of patients or customers of a medical practitioner or paramedical workers (preview)
Section 161 – Report after inspection of dairy or washerman or medical practitioner‟s place of business (preview)
Section 162 – Action on report submitted by Health Officer (preview)
Section 163 – Examination of milk, washed clothes or needles, syringes, etc (preview)
Section 164 – Contamination of public conveyance (preview)
Section 165 – Disinfection of public conveyance (preview)
Section 166 – Penalty for failure to report (preview)
Section 167 – Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease (preview)
Section 168 – Disinfection of building or articles therein (preview)
Section 169 – Destruction of infectious hut or shed (preview)
Section 170 – Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed buildings or shed (preview)
Section 171 – Disinfection of building before letting the same (preview)
Section 172 – Disposal of infected article without disinfection (preview)
Section 173 – Means of disinfection (preview)
Section 174 – Marking or selling of food, etc., or washing clothes by infected person (preview)
Section 175 – Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink (preview)
Section 176 – Control over wells, tanks, etc (preview)
Section 177 – Disposal of infectious corpse (preview)
Section 179 – Medical supplies, appliances, etc (preview)
Section 180 – Free patients (preview)
Section 181 – Paying patients (preview)
Section 182 – Power to order person to attend hospital or dispensary (preview)
Section 183 – Power to exclude from cantonment persons refusing to attend hospital or dispensary (preview)
Section 184 – Routes for pilgrims and others (preview)
Section 185 – Conditions of service of Safai Karamcharis and others (preview)

Chapter IX — Water-Supply, Drainage And Sewage Collection

Chapter X

Section 233 – Preparation of land use plan (preview)
Section 234 – Sanction for building (preview)
Section 235 – Notice of new buildings (preview)
Section 236 – Conditions of valid notice (preview)
Section 237 – Powers of Board under certain sections exercisable by Chief Executive Officer (preview)
Section 238 – Power of Board to sanction or refuse (preview)
Section 239 – Order of stoppage of building or works in certain cases and disposal of things removed (preview)
Section 240 – Power to sanction general scheme for prevention of overcrowding, etc (preview)
Section 241 – Compensation (preview)
Section 242 – Completion notice (preview)
Section 243 – Lapse of sanction (preview)
Section 244 – Restrictions on use of buildings (preview)
Section 245 – Period for completion of building (preview)
Section 246 – Completion certificate (preview)
Section 247 – Illegal erection and re-erection (preview)
Section 248 – Power to stop erection or re-erection or to demolish (preview)
Section 249 – Power to seal unauthorised constructions (preview)
Section 250 – Courts not to entertain proceedings in certain cases (preview)
Section 251 – Power to make bye-laws (preview)
Section 252 – Prohibition of structures or fixtures which cause obstruction in streets (preview)
Section 253 – Unauthorised buildings over drains, etc (preview)
Section 254 – Drainage and sewer connections (preview)
Section 255 – Power to attach brackets for lamps and other accessories (preview)
Section 256 – Maintenance of Roads (preview)
Section 257 – Temporary occupation of street, land, etc (preview)
Section 258 – Closing and opening of streets (preview)
Section 259 – Names of streets and numbers of buildings (preview)
Section 260 – Group Housing Schemes (preview)
Section 261 – Boundary walls, hedges and fences (preview)
Section 262 – Felling, lopping and trimming or trees (preview)
Section 263 – Digging of public land (preview)
Section 264 – Improper use of land (preview)

Chapter XI — Market, Slaughter-Houses, Trades And Occupations

Section 265 – Public markers and slaughter-houses (preview)
Section 266 – Use of public market (preview)
Section 267 – Power to transfer by public auction, etc (preview)
Section 268 – Stallages, rents, etc., to be published (preview)
Section 269 – Private markets and slaughter-houses (preview)
Section 270 – Conditions of grant of licence for private market or slaughter-house (preview)
Section 271 – Penalty for keeping market or slaughter-house open without licence, etc (preview)
Section 272 – Penalty for using unlicensed market or slaughter-house (preview)
Section 273 – Prohibition and restriction of use of slaughter-house (preview)
Section 274 – Power to inspect slaughter-houses (preview)
Section 275 – Power to regulate certain activities (preview)
Section 276 – Provision of washing places (preview)
Section 277 – Licences required for carrying on of certain occupations (preview)
Section 278 – Power to stop use of premises used in contravention of licences (preview)
Section 279 – Conditions which may be attached to licences (preview)
Section 280 – Power to vary licence (preview)
Section 281 – Carrying on trade, etc., without licence or in contravention of section 280 (preview)
Section 282 – Feeding animals on dirt, etc (preview)
Section 283 – Powers of entry and seizure (preview)
Section 284 – Import of cattle and flesh (preview)

Chapter XII — Spirituous Liquors And Introxicating Drugs

Chapter XIII — Public Safety And Suppression Of Nuisances

Section 289 – Penalty for causing nuisances (preview)
Section 290 – Registration and control of dogs (preview)
Section 291 – Traffic rule of the road (preview)
Section 292 – Use of inflammable materials for buildings purposes (preview)
Section 293 – Stacking or collecting inflammable materials (preview)
Section 294 – Care of naked lights (preview)
Section 295 – Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic performances (preview)
Section 296 – Discharging fire-works, fire-arms, etc (preview)
Section 297 – Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe (preview)
Section 298 – Enclosure of wasteland used for improper purposes (preview)

Chapter XIV — Removal And Exclusion From Cantonmnets And Suppression Of Sexual Immorality

Section 299 – Power to remove brothels and prostitutes (preview)
Section 300 – Penalty for loitering and importuning for purposes of prostitution (preview)
Section 301 – Removal of persons from cantonment (preview)
Section 302 – Removal and exclusion from cantonment of disorderly persons (preview)
Section 303 – Removal and exclusion from cantonment of seditious persons (preview)
Section 304 – Penalty (preview)

Chapter XV — Powers, Procedures, Penalties And Appeals

Section 305 – Powers of entry (preview)
Section 306 – Power of inspection by member of a Board (preview)
Section 307 – Power of inspection, etc (preview)
Section 308 – Power to enter land, adjoining land where work is in progress (preview)
Section 309 – Breaking into premises (preview)
Section 310 – Entry to be made in the day time (preview)
Section 311 – Owner‟s consent ordinarily to be obtained (preview)
Section 312 – Regard to be had to social and religious usages (preview)
Section 313 – Penalty for obstruction (preview)
Section 314 – Arrest without warrant (preview)
Section 315 – Duties of police officers (preview)
Section 316 – Notices to fix reasonable time (preview)
Section 317 – Authentication and validity of notices issued by Board (preview)
Section 318 – Service of notice, etc (preview)
Section 319 – Method of giving notice (preview)
Section 320 – Powers of Board in case of non-compliance with notice, etc (preview)
Section 321 – Occupier not to obstruct owner when complying with notice (preview)
Section 322 – Liability of occupier to play in default of owner (preview)
Section 323 – Relief to Agents and Trustees (preview)
Section 324 – Method of recovery (preview)
Section 325 – Application for a Committee of Arbitration (preview)
Section 326 – Procedure for convening Committee of Arbitration (preview)
Section 327 – Constitution of the Committee of Arbitration (preview)
Section 328 – No person to be nominated who has direct interest or whose services are not immediately available (preview)
Section 329 – Meetings and powers of Committee or Arbitration (preview)
Section 330 – Decisions of Committee of Arbitration (preview)
Section 331 – Prosecutions (preview)
Section 332 – Composition of offence (preview)
Section 333 – General penalty (preview)
Section 333A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
Section 334 – Offences by companies (preview)
Section 335 – Cancellation or suspension of licences, etc (preview)
Section 336 – Recovery of amount payable in respect of damage to cantonment property (preview)
Section 337 – Limitation for prosecution (preview)
Section 338 – Protection of action of Board, etc (preview)
Section 339 – Notice to be given of suits (preview)
Section 340 – Appeals from executive orders (preview)
Section 341 – Petition of Appeal (preview)
Section 342 – Suspension of Action Pending Appeal (preview)
Section 343 – Revision (preview)
Section 344 – Finality of the Appellate Orders (preview)
Section 345 – Right of appellant to be heard (preview)

Chapter XVI — Rules And Bye-Laws

Section 346 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 347 – Supplemental provisions respecting rules (preview)
Section 348 – Power to make bye-laws (preview)
Section 349 – Penalty for breach of bye-laws (preview)
Section 350 – Supplemental provisions regarding bye-laws and regulations (preview)
Section 351 – Rules and bye-laws to be available for inspection and purchase (preview)

Chapter XVII — Supplemental Provisions

Section 352 – Extension of certain provisions of the Act and rules to place beyond cantonments (preview)
Section 353 – Power to delegate functions to the President, etc (preview)
Section 354 – Registration (preview)
Section 355 – Validity of notices and other documents (preview)
Section 356 – Admissibility of document or entry as evidence (preview)
Section 357 – Evidence by officer or employee of the Board (preview)
Section 358 – Application of Act 4 of 1899 (preview)
Section 359 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 360 – Repeals and savings (preview)