Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
17. While a tax assessed accord'ing to the circum- Restriction of power of tax- stances, and the property to be protected, of the per- &tion in can- sons liable thereto, .or according to the annual value tonmanta `iq` whioh Act of i~ouses -and grounds, is levied under the Bengal x x o f 1856 `is EN` of `1856.` Chaukidari Act, 1856, in a cantonment, a tax on in force. persons practising any profession or art or carrying on any trade or calling or a tax on buildings and lands, `as` the case may be, shall not be leviable in the cantonment in pursuance of a not1'fication under section 15 of this Act.
7. (1) When the Local Government appoints the of Canton- Appointment Cantonment Magistrate to be the Judge of a Court ,,,t Magis. of Small Causes established ,within a cantonment t$$;;;,",",","dge under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, merit C O , ~ it. shall, in its order appointing him to be such Judge, of Small declare, and may by notifibation in the official [Causes. ] Gazette vary, within a limit of five hundred ru ees, `P` the vadue of the suits which are to be cognizab e by him under that Act.
(2) The provisions of section 15, sub-section `(s),` of the said Act shall not apply to a Court of Small Causes of which a Cantonment Magistrate is the Judge.
Source: India Code