In force · As amended up to 2026-08
360. Repeals and savings. —(1) The Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924)—
(a) any appointment, notification, order, scheme, rule, form, notice or bye-law made or issued, and any licence or permission granted under the Act shall, in so far as it is not in consistent with the provisions of this Act continue in force and be deemed to have been made, issued or granted, under the provisions of this Act, unless and until it is superseded by any appointment, notification, order, scheme, rule, form, notice or bye-law made or issued or any licence or permission granted under the said provisions;
(b) all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the Board shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into or engaged to be done by, with or for the Board constituted under this Act;
(c) all budget estimates, assessments, valuations, measurements or divisions made by the Board shall in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the provisions of this Act unless and until they are superseded by any budget estimate, assessment, valuation, measurement or division made by the Board constituted under the said provisions;
(d) all properties, movable and immovable and all interests of whatsoever nature and kind therein, vested in the Board shall with all rights of whatsoever description, use, enjoyed or possessed by the said Board vest in the Board constituted under this Act;
(e) all rates, taxes, fees, rents and other sums of money due to the Board shall be deemed to be due to the Board constituted under this Act;
(f) all rates, taxes, fees, rents, fares and other charges shall, until and unless they are varied by the Board constituted under this Act, continue to be levied at the same rate at which they were being levied by the Board immediately before the commencement of this Act;
(g) all suits, prosecutions and other legal proceedings instituted or which might have been instituted by or against the Board may be continued or instituted by or against the Board constituted under this Act.
To
SCHEDULE I
( See section 100)
NOTICE OF DEMAND
residing at
Taking notice that the Board demands from....................................the sum of ....................due from ...................................on account of......................................(here describe the property, occupation, circumstance or thing in respect of which the sum is payable) leviable under ......................................... for the period of ........................................................ Commencing on the ...........................................day of ...............................20............, and ending on the .........................day of ........................20......................, and that if, within thirty days from the service of this notice, the said sum is not paid to the Board at.................................. or sufficient cause for non-payment is not shown to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive Officer, warrant of distress/attachment* will be issued for the recovery of the same with costs.
Dated this.......................................day of ......................20.........................
(Signed)
Chief Executive Officer, Cantonment.
[*Strike out whichever is not applicable.]
SCHEDULE II.
( See section 101)
FORM OF WARRANT
(Here insert the name of the officer charged with the execution of warrant)
Whereas A.B. of ................... has not paid, and has not shown satisfactory cause for the non-payment of, the sum of ................... due on account of.................*............... for the period of............................commencing on the day of....................20.............. and ending with the .......................... day of................20........ which sum is leviable under.......................
And whereas thirty days have elapsed since the service on him of notice of demand for the same.
This is to command you to [distraint/attach#] subject to the provisions of the Cantonments Act, 2006, the [movable/immovable#] property of the said A.B. to the amount of the said sum of Rs. ..................; and forthwith to certify to me, together with this warrant, all particulars of the property [seized/attached #] by you thereunder.
Dated this .......................day of ...........................20.......................
(Signed)
Chief Executive Officer,
Cantonment.
*Here describe the liability.
Strike out whichever is not applicable.
SCHEDULE III
( See section 103)
FORM OF INVENTORY OF PROPERTY DISTRAINED AND NOTICE OF SALE
To,
residing at ..........................................................................
Take notice that I have this day seized the property specified in the inventory annexed hereto, for the value of.................due for the liability* mentioned in the margin for the period commencing with......................day of ..................20................ and ending with the ............................day of....................20................, together with Rs............. due for service of notice of demand, and that, unless within seven days from the date of the service of this notice you pay to the Board the said amount, together with the costs of recovery, the said property will be sold by public auction.
Dated this ............................................day of ..................................20...............
(Signature of officer executing the warrant.)
INVENTORY
(Here state particulars of property seized).
*Here describe the liability.
||1[SCHEDULE IV|
|---|---|
||(_See_section 314)|
||CASES IN WHICH POLICE MAY ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT|
||PART A|
|Section|Subject|
|183(1)|Remaining in, or re-entering, cantonment after notice of expulsion for failure to|
||attend hospital or dispensary|
|296|Discharging fire-arms, etc., so as to cause danger.|
|300|Loitering or importuning for sexual immorality.|
|304(a)|Remainingin, or returning to, a cantonment after notice ofexpulsion.]|
|Sl. No.|Section|Executive Order|Appellate Authority|Time allowed for appeal|Time allowed for appeal|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|2|3|4||5|
|1.|2 (zc)|Declaring 'inhabitant'|District Magistrate|Fifteen days.||
|2.|137|Notice to fill up well, tank,|Principal Director|Thirty days|from service of|
|||etc., or to drain off or||notice.||
|||remove water.||||
|3.|138|Notice requiring the owner|Board|Fifteen days|from service of|
|||to provide latrine, urinal,||notice.||
|||cesspool dust-bin or other||||
|||receptacle.||||
|4.|139|Notice requiring provision of<br>sanitary facilities in market,<br>school, theatre or other place|Board|Fifteen days<br>notice.|from service of|
|||of public resort.||||
|5.|142|Notice<br>for<br>removal<br>of<br>congested building.|General Officer<br>Commanding-in-Chief,<br>the Command|Thirty days<br>notice.|from service of|
|6.|144|Notice requiring a building|Principal Director|Thirty days|from service of|
|||to be repaired or altered so||notice.||
|||as<br>to<br>remove<br>sanitary||||
|||defects.||||
|7.|147|Notice prohibiting owner or|Principal Director|Twenty-one from days service||
|||occupier to use a building or||of notice.||
|||part of a building for human||||
|||habitation.||||
|8.|183|Order directing a person to|General Officer|Thirty days|from service of|
|||remove<br>from<br>the|Commanding-in-Chief,|notice.||
|||Cantonment and prohibiting|the Command|||
|||him from||||
|||re-entering<br>it<br>without||||
|||permission.||||
|9.|190|Notice<br>requiring<br>maintenance<br>or closing of private source|Board|Fifteen days<br>notice.|from service of|
|||of public drinking water||||
|||supply.||||
|10.|192|Notice requiring the owner,|Board|Fifteen days|from service of|
|||lessee or occupier of a||notice.||
|||building or land to obtain||||
|||water from a source of||||
|||public watersupply.||||
|1|2||3||||4|5|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|11.|195|Notice for|cutting|off the|||Board|Fifteen days from service of|
|||connection|between||<br>any|||notice.|
|||source<br>of|public||water||||
|||supply and|any building|||or|||
|||land to which water||||is|||
|||supplied.|||||||
|12.|238|(a) Refusal to sanction<br>the erection or<br>re-erection of a<br>building in a civil area.|||||1[(a) Principal Director<br>(b) Director<br>(c) Joint Director, Defence<br>Estates, the Command]|Thirty days from service of<br>communication.|
|||(b) Refusal|to sanction||||2[(a) General Officer|Thirty days from service of|
|||the<br>erection||or|||<br>Commanding-in-Chief, the|communication.|
|||re-erection<br>of<br>a<br>building<br>in<br>a<br>Cantonment<br>(Other|||||Command;<br>(b) Military Officer holding||
|||than a civil|area).||||the appointment of Major||
||||||||General Operational||
||||||||Logistics, Headquarters||
||||||||Command as additional||
||||||||Appellate Authority to hear||
||||||||the pending appeals as on||
||||||||date of promulgation of the||
||||||||Act. If Major General||
||||||||Operational Logistics is not||
||||||||authorised in Headquarter||
||||||||Command, in that||
||||||||condition Major General-||
||||||||Incharge-Administration||
||||||||act as additional Appellate||
||||||||Authority to hear the||
||||||||pending appeals as on date||
||||||||of promulgation of the||
||||||||Act.]||
|13.|239|Order<br>of|stoppage|||of|Board|Thirty days from service of|
|||building or works in||certain||||communication.|
|||cases.|||||||
|14.|248|(a) Notice to stop erection<br>re-erection of, or to alter<br>demolish, a building in<br>civil area.||||or<br>or<br>a|1[(a) Principal Director<br>(b) Director<br>(c) Joint Director, Defence<br>Estates, the Command]|Thirty days from service of<br>communication.|
|||(b) Notice to stop erection||||or|2[(a) General Officer|Thirty days from service of|
|||re-erection of, or to||alter||or|Commanding-in-Chief, the|communication.|
1. Subs. vide Notification No. S.R.O. 11(E) for entry in column 4, Dated 9-12-2011.
2. Subs. vide Notification No. S.R.O. 12(E) for entry in column 4, Dated 31-12-2015.
demolish, a building in a Cantonment (Other than a civil area
Command;
(b) Military Officer holding the appointment of Major General Operational Logistics, Headquarters Command as additional Appellate Authority to hear the pending appeals as on date of promulgation of the Act. If Major General Operational Logistics is not authorised in Headquarter Command, in that condition Major General-Incharge Administration act as additional Appellate Authority to hear the pending appeals as on date of promulgation of the Act.]
|15.|252|Notice requiring|the owner|Board|Thirty days from service of|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||or the occupier|to alter or||notice.|
|||remove any projection or||||
|||encroachment.||||
|16.|253|Notice to pull|down or|Board|Thirty days from service of|
|||otherwise<br>deal|<br>with<br>a||notice.|
|||building newly erected or re-||||
|||built<br>without|permission|||
|||over a sewer, drain, culvert,||||
|||watercourse or|water-pipe.|||
|1|2|3|||4||5|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|17.|273|Notice<br>prohibiting<br>or|||Board|Twenty-one|days from service|
|||restricting the|use of|a||of notice.||
|||slaughter-house.||||||
|18.|297|Notice to remove, repair,|||Board|Thirty days|from service of|
|||protect,<br>or|enclose|a||notice.||
|||building, wall|or anything|||||
|||affixed thereto, or well, tank,||||||
|||reservoir, pool, depression or||||||
|||excavation.||||||
|19.|302|Notice directing|disorderly||District Magistrate|Thirty days|from service of|
|||person to remove from||||notice.||
|||cantonment|and|||||
|||prohibiting him|from re-|||||
|||entering<br>it|without|||||
|||permission.||||||
Source: India Code