Section 144: Power to require repair or alternation of building.

The Cantonments Act, 2006Central Act · Act 41 of 2006

(1) Where any building in a cantonment is so ill-constructed or dilapidated as to be, in the opinion of the Board, in an insanitary state, the Board may, by notice in writing, require the owner, within such time as may be specified in the notice, to execute such repairs or to make such alterations as it thinks necessary for the purpose of removing such defects.

(2) A copy of every notice issued under sub-section (1) shall be conspicuously pasted on the building to which it relates.

(3) A notice issued under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have been complied with, if the owner of the building to which it relates has, instead of executing the repairs or making the alterations directed by the notice, removed the building.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Cantonments Act, 2006
Section	144
Marginal note	Power to require repair or alternation of building.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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