Cantonments Act : MAINTENANCE OR AIDING OF HOSPITALS OR DISPENSARIES Indian Bare Acts :

Cantonments Act,1924

Act No : 2

Section : MAINTENANCE OR AIDING OF HOSPITALS OR DISPENSARIES

SECTION 171: MAINTENANCE OR AIDING OF HOSPITALS OR DISPENSARIES

-( 1 ) Aa[Board] may-

(a) provide and maintain either within or without the cantonment as many hospitals and dispensaries as it thinks fit: or

(b) make, upon such terms as it thinks fit to impose, a grant-in-aid to any hospital or dispensarya[or veterinary hospital], whether within or without the cantonment, not maintained by it.

(2) Every hospital or dispensary maintained or aided under sub-section (1) shall have attached to it a ward or wards for the treatment of persons suffering from infectious or contagious disease.

(3) A medical officer, appointed in such manner as thec[Central Government] may direct, shall be in-charge of every hospital or dispensary, maintained or aided under this section.