Act 41 of 2006

The Cantonments 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.

  • Ministry of Defence
  • Department of Defence
  • Enacted 2006-09-13
  • 360 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title, extent and commencement. Read
2 Definitions. Read
3 Definition of cantonments. Read
4 Alteration of limits of cantonments. Read
5 The effect of including area in cantonment. Read
6 Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be a cantonment. Read
7 Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be included in a cantonment. Read
8 Application of funds and property transferred under sections 6 and 7. Read
9 Limitation of operation of Act. Read
10 Cantonment Board. Read
11 Incorporation of Cantonment Board. Read
12 Constitution of Cantonment of Boards. Read
13 Power to vary constitution of Boards in special circumstances. Read
14 Term of office of members. Read
15 Filling of vacancies. Read
16 Vacancies in special cases. Read
17 Oath or affirmation. Read
18 Resignation. Read
19 President and Vice-President. Read
20 Term of office of Vice-President. Read
21 Duties of President. Read
22 Duties of Vice-President. Read
23 Allowances to Vice-President and members. Read
24 Appointment of Chief Executive Officer. Read
25 Duties of Chief Executive Officer. Read
26 Special power of Chief Executive Officer. Read
27 Electoral rolls. Read
28 Qualification of electors. Read
29 Qualification for being a member of the Board. Read
30 Interpretation. Read
31 Power to make rules regulating elections. Read
32 Member not to vote on matter in which he is interested. Read
33 Liability of members. Read
34 Removal of members. Read
35 Consequences of removal. Read
36 Member of the Board to be deemed a public servant. Read
37 Disqualification of person as an employee of Board. Read
38 Cantonment employee to be deemed a public servant. Read
39 Meetings. Read
40 Business to be transcted. Read
41 Quorum. Read
42 Presiding Officer. Read
43 Minutes. Read
44 Meetings to be public. Read
45 Method of deciding questions. Read
46 Civil area. Read
47 Committees for civil areas. Read
48 Power to make regulations. Read
49 Joint action with other local authority. Read
50 Report on administration. Read
51 Power of Central Government to require production of documents. Read
52 Inspection. Read
53 Power to call for documents. Read
54 Power to require execution of work, etc. Read
55 Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 54. Read
56 Power to override decision of Board. Read
57 Power of Central Government to review. Read
58 Power of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, on reference under section 56 or otherwise. Read
59 Power of Central Government on a reference made under section 56. Read
60 Supersession of Board. Read
61 Validity of proceedings, etc. Read
62 Duties of Board. Read
63 Power to manage property. Read
64 Discretionary functions of Board. Read
65 Power of expenditure of educational, health and other purposes outside the cantonment. Read
66 General power of taxation. Read
67 Charging of fees. Read
68 Norms of property tax. Read
69 Framing of preliminary proposals. Read
70 Objections and disposal thereof. Read
71 Imposition of tax. Read
72 Power of Central Government to issue directions to the Board. Read
73 Definition of “annual rateable value”. Read
74 Incidence of taxation. Read
75 Assessment list. Read
76 Revision of assessment list. Read
77 Authentication of assessment list. Read
78 Evidential value of assessment list. Read
79 Amendment of assessment list. Read
80 Preparation of new assessment list. Read
81 Notice of transfers. Read
82 Notice of erection of buildings. Read
83 Demolition, etc., of buildings. Read
84 Remission of tax. Read
85 Power to require entry in assessment list of details of buildings. Read
86 Notice to be given of the circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed. Read
87 What buildings, etc., are to be deemed vacant. Read
88 Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant building or house. Read
89 Tax on buildings and land to be a charge thereon. Read
90 Inspection of imported goods, octroi, terminal tax and toll, etc. Read
91 Power to seize, etc. Read
92 Lease of octroi, terminal tax or toll. Read
93 Appeals against assessment. Read
94 Costs of appeal. Read
95 Recovery of costs from Board. Read
96 Conditions of right to appeal. Read
97 Finality of appellate orders. Read
98 Time and manner of payment of taxes. Read
99 Public notice for taxes due. Read
100 Notice of demand. Read
101 Recovery of tax. Read
102 Interest payable on taxes due. Read
103 Distress. Read
104 Disposal of distrained property. Read
105 Attachment and sale of immovable property. Read
106 Recovery from a person about to leave cantonment and refund of surplus sale proceeds, if any. Read
107 Power to institute suit for recovery. Read
108 Board to be a Municipality for taxation purposes. Read
109 Payment to be made to a Board as service charges by Central Government or State Government. Read
110 Power to be make special provision for conservancy in certain cases. Read
111 Exemption in case of buildings. Read
112 General power of exemption. Read
113 Exemption of poor persons. Read
114 Composition. Read
115 Irrecoverable debts. Read
116 Obligation to disclose liability. Read
117 Immaterial error not to affect liability. Read
118 Distraint not to be invalid by reason of immaterial defect. Read
119 Cantonment fund and cantonment development fund. Read
120 Custody of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund. Read
121 Power of Board to borrow money. Read
122 Property. Read
123 Application of cantonment fund, cantonment development fund and property. Read
124 Acquisition of immovable property. Read
125 Power to make rules regarding cantonment fund, cantonment development fund and property. Read
126 Contracts by whom to be executed. Read
127 Sanction. Read
128 Execution of contract. Read
129 Contracts improperly executed not to be binding on a Board. Read
130 Responsibility for sanitation. Read
131 General duties of Health Officer. Read
132 Public latrines, urinals and conservancy establishments. Read
133 Duty of occupier to collect and desposit rubbish, etc. Read
134 Power of Board to undertake private conservancy arrangement. Read
135 Deposits and disposal of rubbish, etc. Read
136 Cesspools, receptacles, for filth, etc. Read
137 Filling up of tank, etc. Read
138 Provision of latrines, etc. Read
139 Sanitation in factories, etc. Read
140 Private latrines. Read
141 Special provisions for collection of rubbish and solid waste management. Read
142 Removal of congested buildings. Read
143 Overcrowding of dwelling houses. Read
144 Power to require repair or alternation of building. Read
145 Power to require land or building to be cleansed. Read
146 Prohibition in respect of air pollutant. Read
147 Power to order disuse of house. Read
148 Removal of noxious vegetation. Read
149 Agriculture and irrigation. Read
150 Power to call for information regarding burial and burning grounds. Read
151 Permission for use of new burial or burning ground. Read
152 Power to require closing of burial or burning ground. Read
153 Exemption from operation of sections 150 to 152. Read
154 Removal of corpses. Read
155 Obligation concerning infectious, contagious o communicable diseases. Read
156 Blood Bank. Read
157 Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases. Read
158 Power to require names of a dairyman‟s customers. Read
159 Power to require names of a washerman‟s customers. Read
160 Power to require names of patients or customers of a medical practitioner or paramedical workers. Read
161 Report after inspection of dairy or washerman or medical practitioner‟s place of business. Read
162 Action on report submitted by Health Officer. Read
163 Examination of milk, washed clothes or needles, syringes, etc. Read
164 Contamination of public conveyance. Read
165 Disinfection of public conveyance. Read
166 Penalty for failure to report. Read
167 Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease. Read
168 Disinfection of building or articles therein. Read
169 Destruction of infectious hut or shed. Read
170 Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed buildings or shed. Read
171 Disinfection of building before letting the same. Read
172 Disposal of infected article without disinfection. Read
173 Means of disinfection. Read
174 Marking or selling of food, etc., or washing clothes by infected person. Read
175 Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink. Read
176 Control over wells, tanks, etc. Read
177 Disposal of infectious corpse. Read
178 Maintenance or aiding of hospitals or dispensaries. Read
179 Medical supplies, appliances, etc. Read
180 Free patients. Read
181 Paying patients. Read
182 Power to order person to attend hospital or dispensary. Read
183 Power to exclude from cantonment persons refusing to attend hospital or dispensary. Read
184 Routes for pilgrims and others. Read
185 Conditions of service of Safai Karamcharis and others. Read
186 Maintenance of water-supply. Read
187 Terms of water-supply. Read
188 Board to carry out survey and formulate proposals. Read
189 Control over sources of public water-supply. Read
190 Power to require maintenance or closing of private source of public drinking water-supply. Read
191 Supply of water. Read
192 Power to require water-supply to be taken. Read
193 Supply of water under agreement. Read
194 Board not liable for failure of supply. Read
195 Conditions of universal application. Read
196 Supply to persons outside cantonment. Read
197 Penalty. Read
198 Power of Board to lay wires, connections, etc. Read
199 Wires, etc., laid above surface of ground. Read
200 Connection with main not be made without permission. Read
201 Power to prescribe ferrules and establish meters, etc. Read
202 Power of inspection. Read
203 Power to fix rates and charges. Read
204 Government water-supply. Read
205 Water supply for domestic consumption. Read
206 Recovery of charges. Read
207 Supply of water from Government water-supply to the Board. Read
208 Functions of the Board in relation to distribution of bulk supply. Read
209 Special provisions concerning drainage and sewage. Read
210 Construction of and control of drains and sewage collection and disposal works. Read
211 Certain matters not to be passed into cantonments drains. Read
212 Application by owners and occupiers to drain into cantonment drains. Read
213 Drainage of undrained premises. Read
214 New premises not be erected without drains. Read
215 Power to drain group or block of premises by combined operations. Read
216 Power to close or limit the use of private drains in certain cases. Read
217 Use of drain by a person other than the owner. Read
218 Sewage and rain water drains to be distinct. Read
219 Power to require owner to carry out certain works for satisfactory drainage. Read
220 Appointment of places for the emptying of drains and collection of sewage. Read
221 Connection with water works and drains not to be made without permission. Read
222 Buildings, railways and private streets not to be erected or constructed over drains or water works without permission. Read
223 Rights or user of property for aqueducts, lines, etc. Read
224 Power of owner of premises to place pipes and drains through land belonging to other persons. Read
225 Power to require railway level, etc., to be raised or lowered. Read
226 Power to execute work after giving notice to the person liable. Read
227 Power to affix shafts, etc., for ventilation of drain or cesspool. Read
228 Power to examine and test drains, etc., believed to be defective. Read
229 Bulk delivery of sewage by the Board. Read
230 Employment of Government agencies for repair, etc. Read
231 Works to be done by licensed plumber. Read
232 Prohibition of certain acts. Read
233 Preparation of land use plan. Read
234 Sanction for building. Read
235 Notice of new buildings. Read
236 Conditions of valid notice. Read
237 Powers of Board under certain sections exercisable by Chief Executive Officer. Read
238 Power of Board to sanction or refuse. Read
239 Order of stoppage of building or works in certain cases and disposal of things removed. Read
240 Power to sanction general scheme for prevention of overcrowding, etc. Read
241 Compensation. Read
242 Completion notice. Read
243 Lapse of sanction. Read
244 Restrictions on use of buildings. Read
245 Period for completion of building. Read
246 Completion certificate. Read
247 Illegal erection and re-erection. Read
248 Power to stop erection or re-erection or to demolish. Read
249 Power to seal unauthorised constructions. Read
250 Courts not to entertain proceedings in certain cases. Read
251 Power to make bye-laws. Read
252 Prohibition of structures or fixtures which cause obstruction in streets. Read
253 Unauthorised buildings over drains, etc. Read
254 Drainage and sewer connections. Read
255 Power to attach brackets for lamps and other accessories. Read
256 Maintenance of Roads. Read
257 Temporary occupation of street, land, etc. Read
258 Closing and opening of streets. Read
259 Names of streets and numbers of buildings. Read
260 Group Housing Schemes. Read
261 Boundary walls, hedges and fences. Read
262 Felling, lopping and trimming or trees. Read
263 Digging of public land. Read
264 Improper use of land. Read
265 Public markers and slaughter-houses. Read
266 Use of public market. Read
267 Power to transfer by public auction, etc. Read
268 Stallages, rents, etc., to be published. Read
269 Private markets and slaughter-houses. Read
270 Conditions of grant of licence for private market or slaughter-house. Read
271 Penalty for keeping market or slaughter-house open without licence, etc. Read
272 Penalty for using unlicensed market or slaughter-house. Read
273 Prohibition and restriction of use of slaughter-house. Read
274 Power to inspect slaughter-houses. Read
275 Power to regulate certain activities. Read
276 Provision of washing places. Read
277 Licences required for carrying on of certain occupations. Read
278 Power to stop use of premises used in contravention of licences. Read
279 Conditions which may be attached to licences. Read
280 Power to vary licence. Read
281 Carrying on trade, etc., without licence or in contravention of section 280. Read
282 Feeding animals on dirt, etc. Read
283 Powers of entry and seizure. Read
284 Import of cattle and flesh. Read
285 Unauthorised sale of spirituous liquor or intoxicating drug. Read
286 Unauthorised possession of spirituous liquor. Read
287 Arrest of persons and seizure and confiscation of things for offences against the two last foregoing sections. Read
288 Saving of articles sold or supplied for medicinal purposes. Read
289 Penalty for causing nuisances. Read
290 Registration and control of dogs. Read
291 Traffic rule of the road. Read
292 Use of inflammable materials for buildings purposes. Read
293 Stacking or collecting inflammable materials. Read
294 Care of naked lights. Read
295 Regulation of cinematographic and dramatic performances. Read
296 Discharging fire-works, fire-arms, etc. Read
297 Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe. Read
298 Enclosure of wasteland used for improper purposes. Read
299 Power to remove brothels and prostitutes. Read
300 Penalty for loitering and importuning for purposes of prostitution. Read
301 Removal of persons from cantonment. Read
302 Removal and exclusion from cantonment of disorderly persons. Read
303 Removal and exclusion from cantonment of seditious persons. Read
304 Penalty. Read
305 Powers of entry. Read
306 Power of inspection by member of a Board. Read
307 Power of inspection, etc. Read
308 Power to enter land, adjoining land where work is in progress. Read
309 Breaking into premises. Read
310 Entry to be made in the day time. Read
311 Owner‟s consent ordinarily to be obtained. Read
312 Regard to be had to social and religious usages. Read
313 Penalty for obstruction. Read
314 Arrest without warrant. Read
315 Duties of police officers. Read
316 Notices to fix reasonable time. Read
317 Authentication and validity of notices issued by Board. Read
318 Service of notice, etc. Read
319 Method of giving notice. Read
320 Powers of Board in case of non-compliance with notice, etc. Read
321 Occupier not to obstruct owner when complying with notice. Read
322 Liability of occupier to play in default of owner. Read
323 Relief to Agents and Trustees. Read
324 Method of recovery. Read
325 Application for a Committee of Arbitration. Read
326 Procedure for convening Committee of Arbitration. Read
327 Constitution of the Committee of Arbitration. Read
328 No person to be nominated who has direct interest or whose services are not immediately available. Read
329 Meetings and powers of Committee or Arbitration. Read
330 Decisions of Committee of Arbitration. Read
331 Prosecutions. Read
332 Composition of offence. Read
333 General penalty. Read
334 Offences by companies. Read
335 Cancellation or suspension of licences, etc. Read
336 Recovery of amount payable in respect of damage to cantonment property. Read
337 Limitation for prosecution. Read
338 Protection of action of Board, etc. Read
339 Notice to be given of suits. Read
340 Appeals from executive orders. Read
341 Petition of Appeal. Read
342 Suspension of Action Pending Appeal. Read
343 Revision. Read
344 Finality of the Appellate Orders. Read
345 Right of appellant to be heard. Read
346 Power to make rules. Read
347 Supplemental provisions respecting rules. Read
348 Power to make bye-laws. Read
349 Penalty for breach of bye-laws. Read
350 Supplemental provisions regarding bye-laws and regulations. Read
351 Rules and bye-laws to be available for inspection and purchase. Read
352 Extension of certain provisions of the Act and rules to place beyond cantonments. Read
353 Power to delegate functions to the President, etc. Read
354 Registration. Read
355 Validity of notices and other documents. Read
356 Admissibility of document or entry as evidence. Read
357 Evidence by officer or employee of the Board. Read
358 Application of Act 4 of 1899. Read
359 Power to remove difficulties. Read
360 Repeals and savings. Read
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