Cantonments Act,1924
Act No : 2
Section : CLOSING AND OPENING OF STREETS
SECTION 192: CLOSING AND OPENING OF STREETS
- (1) Aa[Board] shall not permanently close any street or open any new street without the previous sanction of theb[Officer Commanding-in- Chief, the Command,c[or the Director]].
(2) Ad[The Executive Officer] may, by public notice, temporarily close any street or any part of a street for repair or for the purpose of carrying out any work connected with drainage, watersupply or lighting or any other work which it is by or under this Act required or permitted to carry out: Provided that where, owing to any works or repairs or from any other cause, the condition of any street or of any water-works, drain, culvert or premises vested in thea[Board], is such as to be likely to cause danger to the public, thea[Board] shall-
(a) take all reasonable means for the protection of the adjacent buildings and land and provide reasonable means of access thereto:
(b) cause sufficient barriers or fences to be erected for the security of life and property, and cause such barriers or fences to be sufficiently lighted from sun-set to sunrise. Act 15 of 1983. Clause 111. -The power of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command under sub-section (1) ofsection 192of the Act is proposed t be concurrently given to the Director. Defence Lands and Cantonments, the Command. The power of the board under sub-section (2) of the said section is proposed to be given to the Executive Officer. -Gaz. of Ind.. 9-7-1982. Pi. II. S. 2. Ext.. p. 56 (No. 26).
