Property
Section 122 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 deals with property. Subject to any special reservation made by the Central Government all property of the nature hereinafter in this section specified which has been acquired or provided or is maintained by a Board shall vest in and belong to that Board, and shall be under its direction, management and control, that is The Act came into force on 18 Dec 2006.
Subject to any special reservation made by the Central Government all property of the nature hereinafter in this section specified which has been acquired or provided or is maintained by a Board shall vest in and belong to that Board, and shall be under its direction, management and control, that is to say,--
(a) all markets, slaughter-houses, manure and night-soil depots, and buildings of every description;
(b) all water-works for the supply, storage or distribution of water for public purposes and all bridges, buildings, engines, materials, and things connected there with or appertaining thereto;
(c) all sewers, drains, culverts and water-courses, and all works, materials and things appertaining thereto;
(d) all dust, dirt, dung, ashes, refuse, animal matter, filth and rubbish of every kind, and dead bodies of animals collected by the Board from the streets, houses, privies, sewers, cesspools or elsewhere, or deposited in places appointed by the Board for such purposes;
(e) all lamps and lamp-posts and apparatus connected therewith or appertaining thereto;
(f) all lands or other property transferred to the Board by the Central or a State Government, or by gift, purchase or otherwise for local public purposes; and
(g) all streets and the pavements, stones and other materials thereof, and also all trees, erections, materials, implements, and things existing on or appertaining to streets.
Section 122, The Cantonments Act, 2006 (Act 41 of 2006).
Made under this section, and citing it
2 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 122
What does Section 122 of the Cantonments Act deal with?
Section 122 of the Cantonments Act is headed "Property". Subject to any special reservation made by the Central Government all property of the nature hereinafter in this section specified which has been acquired or provided or is maintained by a Board shall vest in and belong to that Board, and shall be under its direction, management and control, that is
How do I find court cases under Section 122 of the Cantonments Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Cantonments Act 2006 122, section 122 Cantonments Act 2006, section 122 of the Cantonments Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 122 of the Cantonments Act, and has it changed?
2 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently The Cantonment Land Administration Rules 2021 (2021), then The Cantonment Property Rules, 2017 (2017).
When did Section 122 of the Cantonments Act come into force?
Section 122 of the Cantonments Act, cited as Cantonments Act 2006 122, came into force on 18 Dec 2006, having been enacted on 13 Sep 2006. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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- 64. Discretionary functions of Board736 words
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