Cantonments Act : REMOVAL OF LEWD PERSONS FROM CANTONMENT Indian Bare Acts :

Cantonments Act,1924

Act No : 2

Section : REMOVAL OF LEWD PERSONS FROM CANTONMENT

SECTION 237: REMOVAL OF LEWD PERSONS FROM CANTONMENT

- If thea[Officer Commanding the station]b[or the Board] is, after such inquiryc[as he or it thinks necessary], satisfied that any person residing in or frequenting the cantonment is a prostitute or has been convicted of an offence underSection 236, or of the abetment of such an offence,d[he or, as the case may be, the Board may] cause to be served on such person an order in writing requiring such person to remove from the cantonment within such time as may be specified in the order, and prohibiting such person from re-entering it without the permission in writing of thee[Officer Commanding the station]b[or the Board].