Section 26
Special power of Chief Executive Officer.
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.
(1) The Chief Executive Officer may direct the
execution of any work or the doing of any act, in public interest and in accordance with the provisions of
this Act and the rules made thereunder, and incur such expenditure as may be necessary in executing such
work or doing such act, as the case may be, subject to the financial limits which the Board may by
resolution determine subject to general guidelines issued by the Director General, Defence Estates with
the approval of the Central Government.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer may, in case of emergency, direct the execution of any work or the doing of any act which would ordinarily require the sanction of the Board and immediate execution or doing of which is in his opinion, necessary for the service or safety of the public, and may direct that the expense of executing such work or doing such act shall be paid from the cantonment fund:
Provided that--
(a) he shall not act under this section without the previous sanction of the President or, in his absence, of the Vice-President;
(b) he shall not act under this section in contravention of any order of the Board prohibiting the execution of any particular work or the doing of any particular act; and
(c) he shall report forthwith the action taken under this section and the reasons there for to the Board.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer may, in case of emergency, direct the execution of any work or the doing of any act which would ordinarily require the sanction of the Board and immediate execution or doing of which is in his opinion, necessary for the service or safety of the public, and may direct that the expense of executing such work or doing such act shall be paid from the cantonment fund:
Provided that--
(a) he shall not act under this section without the previous sanction of the President or, in his absence, of the Vice-President;
(b) he shall not act under this section in contravention of any order of the Board prohibiting the execution of any particular work or the doing of any particular act; and
(c) he shall report forthwith the action taken under this section and the reasons there for to the Board.