Cantonments Act : ALTERATION OF LIMITS OF CANTONMENTS Indian Bare Acts :

Cantonments Act,1924

Act No : 2

Section : ALTERATION OF LIMITS OF CANTONMENTS

SECTION 04: ALTERATION OF LIMITS OF CANTONMENTS

(1) Thee[Central Government]a[* * *] mayb[after consulting the State Government and the Board concerned], by notification in thee[Official Gazette], declare its intention to include withinc [the cantonment] any local area situated in thed[*] vicinity thereof or to exclude fromc[the cantonment] any local area comprised therein.

(2) Any inhabitant of a cantonment or local area in respect of which a notification has been published under sub-section (1) may, within six weeks from the date of the notification, submit in writing to thee[Central Government] through the Official Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, an objection to the notification, and thee[Central Government] shall take such objection into consideration,

(3) On the expiry of six weeks from the date of the notification, thee[Central Government] maya[* *] after considering the objections, if any, which have been submitted under sub- section (2), by notification in thee[Official Gazette], include the local area in respect of which the notification was published under sub-section (1), or any part thereof, in the cantonment or, as the case may be, exclude such area or any part thereof from the cantonment.