Cantonments Act,1924
Act No : 2
Section : SUPPLY OF WATER FROM GOVERNMENT WATER SUPPLY TO THE BOARD
SECTION 234A: SUPPLY OF WATER FROM GOVERNMENT WATER SUPPLY TO THE BOARD
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(1) Where in any cantonment there is a water-supply such as is referred to in sub-section (1) ofsection 233, the Board mayb[and so long as the Board is unable to provide a water supply of its own, it shall receive from the Military Engineer Services or the Public Works Department, as the case may be, at such point or points as may be agreed upon between the Board and the Officer, a supply of water adequate to the requirements for domestic use of all persons in the cantonment other than entitled consumers
(2) Any supply of water received under sub-section (1) shall be a bulk supply and the Board shall make such payments to the Officer for all water so received as may be agreed upon between the Board and the Officer, or, in default of such agreement, as may be determined by thec[Central Government] to be reasonable having regard to the actual cost of supplying the water in the cantonment and the rate charged for water in any adjacent municipality: Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Board shall not charge for the supply to persons in the cantonment of water received by the Board under this section a rate calculated to produce more than the sum of the payments made to the Officer for water received and the actual cost of the supply thereof by the Board to consumers.
(3) If any dispute arises between the Board and the Officer regarding the amount of water adequate to the requirements of persons in the cantonment other than entitled consumers, the dispute shall be referred to thec[Central Govern.ment] whose decision shall befinal.]
