Section 247
Illegal erection and re-erection.
About this Act
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.
Whoever begins, continues or completes the erection or
re-erection of a building--
(a) without having given a valid notice as required by sections 235 and 236, or before the building has been sanctioned or is deemed to have been sanctioned; or
(b) without complying with any direction made under sub-section (1) of section 238; or
(c) when sanction has been refused, or has ceased to be available or has been suspended by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58,
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and the cost of sealing the illegal construction and its demolition.
(a) without having given a valid notice as required by sections 235 and 236, or before the building has been sanctioned or is deemed to have been sanctioned; or
(b) without complying with any direction made under sub-section (1) of section 238; or
(c) when sanction has been refused, or has ceased to be available or has been suspended by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58,
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and the cost of sealing the illegal construction and its demolition.