Section 18

Chapter IV: . TAXATION AND CANTONMENT FUND. | Section 18: (1) The 1889.] Cantonments. 187 (Chapter IV 18. (1) The 1889.] Cantonments. 187 (Chapter IV.—Taxation and Cantonment Fund.—Sections 18-20.) Chapter IV: . TAXATION AND CANTONMENT FUND. | Section 18: (1) The Local Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, extend the provisions of Act 18. (1) The Local Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, extend the provisions of Act XX of 1856 (to make better provision for the appointment and maintenance of Police Chaukidárrs in Cities, Towns, Stations, Suburbs and Bázárs in the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal) to any cantonment which is not included in a municipality and which is situated in any part of British India in which that Act is in force, and the Cantonment Magistrate may exercise all the powers of the Magistrate under that Act, subject only to the control of the District Magistrate and the Local Government. (2) The Local Government may order that a cantonment to which the provisions of Act XX of 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 such division according to section 10 of that Act. (3) The Local Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, cancel any notification under sub-section (1), and may revoke or vary any order under sub-section (2).