Section 1. the manner in which, and the authority to which, application for permission to occupy land belonging to the Government in a cantonment is to be made;

1. the manner in which, and the authority to which, application for permission to occupy land belonging to the Government in a cantonment is to be made; CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Cantonments Act, 1889. (2) It extends to the whole of British India, inclusive of Upper Burma; and (3) It shall come into force on such day as the Governor General in Council, by notification in the Gazette of India, appoints in this behalf.