Section 297
Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe.
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.
Where in a cantonment any
building, or wall, or anything affixed thereto, or any well, tank, reservoir, pool, depression, or excavation,
or any bank or tree, is in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, in a ruinous state or, for want of
sufficient repairs, protection or enclosure, a nuisance or dangerous to persons passing by or dwelling or
working in the neighbourhood, the Chief Executive Officer, by notice in writing may, require the owner,
or part-owner or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner thereof, or, failing any of them, the
occupier, thereof, to remove the same or may require him to repair, or to protect or to enclose, the same in
such manner as the thinks necessary; and, if the danger is, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer,
imminent, he shall forthwith take such steps as he thinks necessary to avert the same.