Section 12

Chapter II: . CANTONMENTS AND CANTONMENT AUTHORITIES, COURTS AND POLICE. | Section 12: (1) The police-force employed in a cantonment beyond the limits of a presidency-town shall, for the 12. (1) The police-force employed in a cantonment beyond the limits of a presidency-town shall, for the purposes of Act XXIV of 1859 (for the better regulation of the police within the territories subject to the Presidency of Fort St. George) or Act V of 1861 (for the regulation of Police) or the corresponding law for the time being in force in the territories administered by the Governor of Bombay in Council, as the case may be, be deemed to be part of the general police-establishment under the superintendence of the Local Government in whose territories the cantonment is situated. (2) The area comprised within the limits of a cantonment shall be deemed to be a town for the purposes of section 34 of Act V of 1861.