The Cantonments Act, 2006

• 1Short title, extent and commencement.
• 2Definitions.

• 3Definition of cantonments.
• 4Alteration of limits of cantonments.
• 5The effect of including area in cantonment.
• 6Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be a cantonment.
• 7Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be included in a cantonment.
• 8Application of funds and property transferred under sections 6 and 7.
• 9Limitation of operation of Act.

Boards

• 10Cantonment Board.
• 11Incorporation of Cantonment Board.
• 12Constitution of Cantonment of Boards.
• 13Power to vary constitution of Boards in special circumstances.
• 14Term of office of members.
• 15Filling of vacancies.
• 16Vacancies in special cases.
• 17Oath or affirmation.
• 18Resignation.
• 19President and Vice-President.
• 20Term of office of Vice-President.
• 21Duties of President.
• 22Duties of Vice-President.
• 23Allowances to Vice-President and members.
• 24Appointment of Chief Executive Officer.
• 25Duties of Chief Executive Officer.
• 26Special power of Chief Executive Officer.

Elections

• 27Electoral rolls.
• 28Qualification of electors.
• 29Qualification for being a member of the Board.
• 30Interpretation.
• 31Power to make rules regulating elections.

Members

• 32Member not to vote on matter in which he is interested.
• 33Liability of members.
• 34Removal of members.
• 35Consequences of removal.
• 36Member of the Board to be deemed a public servant.

Employees

• 37Disqualification of person as an employee of Board.
• 38Cantonment employee to be deemed a public servant.

Procedure

• 39Meetings.
• 40Business to be transcted.
• 41Quorum.
• 42Presiding Officer.
• 43Minutes.
• 44Meetings to be public.
• 45Method of deciding questions.
• 46Civil area.
• 47Committees for civil areas.
• 48Power to make regulations.
• 49Joint action with other local authority.
• 50Report on administration.

Control

• 51Power of Central Government to require production of documents.
• 52Inspection.
• 53Power to call for documents.
• 54Power to require execution of work, etc.
• 55Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 54.
• 56Power to override decision of Board.
• 57Power of Central Government to review.
• 58Power of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, on reference under section 56 or otherwise.
• 59Power of Central Government on a reference made under section 56.
• 60Supersession of Board.

Validity of proceedings

• 61Validity of proceedings, etc.

• 62Duties of Board.
• 63Power to manage property.
• 64Discretionary functions of Board.
• 65Power of expenditure of educational, health and other purposes outside the cantonment.

Imposition of taxation

• 66General power of taxation.
• 67Charging of fees.
• 68Norms of property tax.
• 69Framing of preliminary proposals.
• 70Objections and disposal thereof.
• 71Imposition of tax.
• 72Power of Central Government to issue directions to the Board.
• 73Definition of ?annual rateable value?.
• 74Incidence of taxation.

Assessment list

• 75Assessment list.
• 76Revision of assessment list.
• 77Authentication of assessment list.
• 78Evidential value of assessment list.
• 79Amendment of assessment list.
• 80Preparation of new assessment list.
• 81Notice of transfers.
• 82Notice of erection of buildings.

Remission and refund

• 83Demolition, etc., of buildings.
• 84Remission of tax.
• 85Power to require entry in assessment list of details of buildings.
• 86Notice to be given of the circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed.
• 87What buildings, etc., are to be deemed vacant.
• 88Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant building or house.

Charge on immovable property

• 89Tax on buildings and land to be a charge thereon.

Octroi, terminal tax and toll

• 90Inspection of imported goods, octroi, terminal tax and toll, etc.
• 91Power to seize, etc.
• 92Lease of octroi, terminal tax or toll.

Appeals

• 93Appeals against assessment.
• 94Costs of appeal.
• 95Recovery of costs from Board.
• 96Conditions of right to appeal.
• 97Finality of appellate orders.

Payment and recovery of taxes

• 98Time and manner of payment of taxes.
• 99Public notice for taxes due.
• 100Notice of demand.
• 101Recovery of tax.
• 102Interest payable on taxes due.
• 103Distress.
• 104Disposal of distrained property.
• 105Attachment and sale of immovable property.
• 106Recovery from a person about to leave cantonment and refund of surplus sale proceeds, if any.
• 107Power to institute suit for recovery.

Special provisions relating to taxation, etc.

• 108Board to be a Municipality for taxation purposes.
• 109Payment to be made to a Board as service charges by Central Government or State Government.
• 110Power to be make special provision for conservancy in certain cases.
• 111Exemption in case of buildings.
• 112General power of exemption.
• 113Exemption of poor persons.
• 114Composition.
• 115Irrecoverable debts.
• 116Obligation to disclose liability.
• 117Immaterial error not to affect liability.
• 118Distraint not to be invalid by reason of immaterial defect.

Cantonment fund and cantonment development fund

• 119Cantonment fund and cantonment development fund.
• 120Custody of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund.
• 121Power of Board to borrow money.

Property

• 122Property.
• 123Application of cantonment fund, cantonment development fund and property.
• 124Acquisition of immovable property.
• 125Power to make rules regarding cantonment fund, cantonment development fund and property.

• 126Contracts by whom to be executed.
• 127Sanction.
• 128Execution of contract.
• 129Contracts improperly executed not to be binding on a Board.

Sanitary authorities

• 130Responsibility for sanitation.
• 131General duties of Health Officer.

Conservancy and sanitation

• 132Public latrines, urinals and conservancy establishments.
• 133Duty of occupier to collect and desposit rubbish, etc.
• 134Power of Board to undertake private conservancy arrangement.
• 135Deposits and disposal of rubbish, etc.
• 136Cesspools, receptacles, for filth, etc.
• 137Filling up of tank, etc.
• 138Provision of latrines, etc.
• 139Sanitation in factories, etc.
• 140Private latrines.
• 141Special provisions for collection of rubbish and solid waste management.
• 142Removal of congested buildings.
• 143Overcrowding of dwelling houses.
• 144Power to require repair or alternation of building.
• 145Power to require land or building to be cleansed.
• 146Prohibition in respect of air pollutant.
• 147Power to order disuse of house.
• 148Removal of noxious vegetation.
• 149Agriculture and irrigation.

Burial and burning grounds

• 150Power to call for information regarding burial and burning grounds.
• 151Permission for use of new burial or burning ground.
• 152Power to require closing of burial or burning ground.
• 153Exemption from operation of sections 150 to 152.
• 154Removal of corpses.

Prevention of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases

• 155Obligation concerning infectious, contagious o communicable diseases.
• 156Blood Bank.
• 157Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases.
• 158Power to require names of a dairyman?s customers.
• 159Power to require names of a washerman?s customers.
• 160Power to require names of patients or customers of a medical practitioner or paramedical workers.
• 161Report after inspection of dairy or washerman or medical practitioner?s place of business.
• 162Action on report submitted by Health Officer.
• 163Examination of milk, washed clothes or needles, syringes, etc.
• 164Contamination of public conveyance.
• 165Disinfection of public conveyance.
• 166Penalty for failure to report.
• 167Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease.
• 168Disinfection of building or articles therein.
• 169Destruction of infectious hut or shed.
• 170Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed buildings or shed.
• 171Disinfection of building before letting the same.
• 172Disposal of infected article without disinfection.
• 173Means of disinfection.
• 174Marking or selling of food, etc., or washing clothes by infected person.
• 175Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink.
• 176Control over wells, tanks, etc.
• 177Disposal of infectious corpse.

Hospitals and dispensaries

• 178Maintenance or aiding of hospitals or dispensaries.
• 179Medical supplies, appliances, etc.
• 180Free patients.
• 181Paying patients.
• 182Power to order person to attend hospital or dispensary.
• 183Power to exclude from cantonment persons refusing to attend hospital or dispensary.

Control of traffic for hygienic purposes

• 184Routes for pilgrims and others.

Special conditious regarding essential services

• 185Conditions of service of Safai Karamcharis and others.

Water-supply

• 186Maintenance of water-supply.
• 187Terms of water-supply.
• 188Board to carry out survey and formulate proposals.
• 189Control over sources of public water-supply.
• 190Power to require maintenance or closing of private source of public drinking water-supply.
• 191Supply of water.
• 192Power to require water-supply to be taken.
• 193Supply of water under agreement.
• 194Board not liable for failure of supply.
• 195Conditions of universal application.
• 196Supply to persons outside cantonment.
• 197Penalty.

Water, drainage and other connections

• 198Power of Board to lay wires, connections, etc.
• 199Wires, etc., laid above surface of ground.
• 200Connection with main not be made without permission.
• 201Power to prescribe ferrules and establish meters, etc.
• 202Power of inspection.
• 203Power to fix rates and charges.

Application of this Chapter to Government water-supplies

• 204Government water-supply.
• 205Water supply for domestic consumption.
• 206Recovery of charges.
• 207Supply of water from Government water-supply to the Board.
• 208Functions of the Board in relation to distribution of bulk supply.
• 209Special provisions concerning drainage and sewage.
• 210Construction of and control of drains and sewage collection and disposal works.
• 211Certain matters not to be passed into cantonments drains.
• 212Application by owners and occupiers to drain into cantonment drains.
• 213Drainage of undrained premises.
• 214New premises not be erected without drains.
• 215Power to drain group or block of premises by combined operations.
• 216Power to close or limit the use of private drains in certain cases.
• 217Use of drain by a person other than the owner.
• 218Sewage and rain water drains to be distinct.
• 219Power to require owner to carry out certain works for satisfactory drainage.
• 220Appointment of places for the emptying of drains and collection of sewage.

Miscellaneous

• 221Connection with water works and drains not to be made without permission.
• 222Buildings, railways and private streets not to be erected or constructed over drains or water works without permission.
• 223Rights or user of property for aqueducts, lines, etc.
• 224Power of owner of premises to place pipes and drains through land belonging to other persons.
• 225Power to require railway level, etc., to be raised or lowered.
• 226Power to execute work after giving notice to the person liable.
• 227Power to affix shafts, etc., for ventilation of drain or cesspool.
• 228Power to examine and test drains, etc., believed to be defective.
• 229Bulk delivery of sewage by the Board.
• 230Employment of Government agencies for repair, etc.
• 231Works to be done by licensed plumber.
• 232Prohibition of certain acts.

Town Planning and Control Over Building, etc.

• 233Preparation of land use plan.
• 234Sanction for building.
• 235Notice of new buildings.
• 236Conditions of valid notice.
• 237Powers of Board under certain sections exercisable by Chief Executive Officer.
• 238Power of Board to sanction or refuse.
• 239Order of stoppage of building or works in certain cases and disposal of things removed.
• 240Power to sanction general scheme for prevention of overcrowding, etc.
• 241Compensation.
• 242Completion notice.
• 243Lapse of sanction.
• 244Restrictions on use of buildings.
• 245Period for completion of building.
• 246Completion certificate.
• 247Illegal erection and re-erection.
• 248Power to stop erection or re-erection or to demolish.
• 249Power to seal unauthorised constructions.
• 250Courts not to entertain proceedings in certain cases.
• 251Power to make bye-laws.
• 252Prohibition of structures or fixtures which cause obstruction in streets.
• 253Unauthorised buildings over drains, etc.
• 254Drainage and sewer connections.
• 255Power to attach brackets for lamps and other accessories.
• 256Maintenance of Roads.

Streets

• 257Temporary occupation of street, land, etc.
• 258Closing and opening of streets.
• 259Names of streets and numbers of buildings.
• 260Group Housing Schemes.
• 261Boundary walls, hedges and fences.
• 262Felling, lopping and trimming or trees.
• 263Digging of public land.
• 264Improper use of land.

Market, Slaughter-houses, Trades and Occupations

• 265Public markers and slaughter-houses.
• 266Use of public market.
• 267Power to transfer by public auction, etc.
• 268Stallages, rents, etc., to be published.
• 269Private markets and slaughter-houses.
• 270Conditions of grant of licence for private market or slaughter-house.
• 271Penalty for keeping market or slaughter-house open without licence, etc.
• 272Penalty for using unlicensed market or slaughter-house.
• 273Prohibition and restriction of use of slaughter-house.
• 274Power to inspect slaughter-houses.
• 275Power to regulate certain activities.

Trades and occupations

• 276Provision of washing places.
• 277Licences required for carrying on of certain occupations.
• 278Power to stop use of premises used in contravention of licences.
• 279Conditions which may be attached to licences.

General provisions

• 280Power to vary licence.
• 281Carrying on trade, etc., without licence or in contravention of section 280.
• 282Feeding animals on dirt, etc.

Entry, inspection and seizure

• 283Powers of entry and seizure.

Import of cattle and flesh

• 284Import of cattle and flesh.

• 285Unauthorised sale of spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug.
• 286Unauthorised possession of spirituous liquor.
• 287Arrest of persons and seizure and confiscation of things for offences against the two last foregoing sections.
• 288Saving of articles sold or supplied for medicinal purposes.

General Nuisances

• 289Penalty for causing nuisances.

Dogs

• 290Registration and control of dogs.

Traffic

• 291Traffic rule of the road.

Prevention of fire, etc.

• 292Use of inflammable materials for buildings purposes.
• 293Stacking or collecting inflammable materials.
• 294Care of naked lights.
• 295Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic performances.
• 296Discharging fire-works, fire-arms, etc.
• 297Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe.
• 298Enclosure of wasteland used for improper purposes.

• 299Power to remove brothels and prostitutes.
• 300Penalty for loitering and importuning for purposes of prostitution.
• 301Removal of persons from cantonment.
• 302Removal and exclusion from cantonment of disorderly persons.
• 303Removal and exclusion from cantonment of seditious persons.
• 304Penalty.

Entry and inspection

• 305Powers of entry.
• 306Power of inspection by member of a Board.
• 307Power of inspection, etc.
• 308Power to enter land, adjoining land where work is in progress.
• 309Breaking into premises.
• 310Entry to be made in the day time.
• 311Owner?s consent ordinarily to be obtained.
• 312Regard to be had to social and religious usages.
• 313Penalty for obstruction.

Powers and duties of police officers

• 314Arrest without warrant.
• 315Duties of police officers.

Notices

• 316Notices to fix reasonable time.
• 317Authentication and validity of notices issued by Board.
• 318Service of notice, etc.
• 319Method of giving notice.
• 320Powers of Board in case of non-compliance with notice, etc.
• 321Occupier not to obstruct owner when complying with notice.

Recovery of Money

• 322Liability of occupier to play in default of owner.
• 323Relief to Agents and Trustees.
• 324Method of recovery.

Committees of Arbitration

• 325Application for a Committee of Arbitration.
• 326Procedure for convening Committee of Arbitration.
• 327Constitution of the Committee of Arbitration.
• 328No person to be nominated who has direct interest or whose services are not immediately available.
• 329Meetings and powers of Committee or Arbitration.
• 330Decisions of Committee of Arbitration.

Prosecutions

• 331Prosecutions.
• 332Composition of offence.

General Penalty Provisions

• 333General penalty.
• 334Offences by companies.
• 335Cancellation or suspension of licences, etc.
• 336Recovery of amount payable in respect of damage to cantonment property.

Limitation

• 337Limitation for prosecution.

Suits

• 338Protection of action of Board, etc.
• 339Notice to be given of suits.

Appeals and Revision

• 340Appeals from executive orders.
• 341Petition of Appeal.
• 342Suspension of Action Pending Appeal.
• 343Revision.
• 344Finality of the Appellate Orders.
• 345Right of appellant to be heard.

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

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