Section 6. _

16. ( 1 ) The Local Government may, by notifica- `E` Aot xtension XX xtension XX XX of `of` tion in the official Gazette, extend the provisions of `1856 to` cer- `5 E` of `18GQ` the Bengal Chaukidari Act, 1856, to any cantonment, tain c a l ~ t m , which is not included in a municipality and which ments. is situated in any part of British India in which that Act is in force, and the Cantonment Magistrate may exercise all the Bowers of the Magistrate under that Act, subject only to the control of the District Magistrate and the Local Government. `E` Aot xtension XX xtension XX XX of `of` (2) The Local Government may order that a cantonment to which the provisions of the Bengal `RE` of `1866.` Chaukidari Act, 1856, have been extended shall be divided into any number of cantonment divisions, and may determine the nature of the tax to be levied in each sueh division according to seetion 10 of that Act. (2) The Local Government shall determine, with respect to every cantonment in which troops are for the time being quartered, whether or not a cantonment committee is to be constitupd. `(8)` The cantonment authority shall be deemed to be a local authority as defined in $he Cattle-trespass Act, 1871, the Local Authorities Loan Act, 1879, !&fA8:~i9, the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, and the General XI11 `of` 188 Clauses Act, 1897. `bx` of 1897. 6. The cantonment Magistrate shall be a Magis- Cantonmenl~ Magistrate ttrate appointed by the Local Government under section 12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, V of `189&.` and, as such, subordinate to the District Magistrate or to the District Magistrate and the Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the case max be, under section 17 of that Code. Cantonmsat I91 0.1 Cantonments. `131` (Chapter I.1.-Cantonments and Cantonment Authorities, Courts and Police.) Cantonment Court of Small Causes. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. `1.` (1) This Act may be called the Cantonments Act, 1910. the meanirig of tlie Army' Act, and is not an officer within the meaning of this Aut : spirituous liquor " means any fermented liquor, any wine, any a l c o ~ ~ l lquid ob- i c tained by distillation, and the sap of any kind of palm-tree, and includes any other liquid consisting of or containing alcohol which the Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be a spirituous liquor for the purposes of this Act : intoxicating drug " means opium, ganja, bhang, charas and every preparation and admixture thereof, and includes any bther intoxicating substance or liquid which the Local Government, with the - -[previous sanction of the Governor Gene- ] ral in Council, may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be an intoxi-. catjng drug for the purposes of this Act : 1anid owner " includes the person who is receiving or entitled to receive the rent of any building or land, whether on his own account or on behalf of himself and others or as an agent or trustee, or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receiv~ it if the building or land were let to a tenant. CHAPTER `11.` ENTS AND CANTONMENT COURTS AND POLICE. AUTHORITIEB~ Cantonments. The Local Government, with the pervious D, )f the Governor General in Counoil, may, Ca D, :fini nto Ca K[by ] *% [Chapter II.-Cantonments and Cantonment Au- tho~itigs, Cowts an2 Pofdce,) notification .in the official Gazette, declare any p a8w in which any of His Majesty's regular forces are quattered within the territories administered by such Government to be a cantonment for the piir- poses of this Act and of all other enactments for the time being in force. (2) The Locd Government, with the Iike sanction, may also, by a like notification, define the limits of any cantonment for the like purposes. Cafitonmmt Xuthorities and Magistrates. Centonwent 4. For every cantonment beyond the limits of a authority and Presidency-town there shall be a cantonment authority and a Cantonment Magistrate. Centonwent authority and authority. 5. ( I ) The expression " cantonmeni authority " as used in this Act means a cantonment committee or, where a cantonment committee has not been constituted or has in pursuance of an order of the LocaJ Government ceased to exist, or for any reason cannot be convened, then, subject to any rules made under section 24, clause (5), the commanding officer of the cantonment.