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Section 240: Power to sanction general scheme for prevention of overcrowding, etc.

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

The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the Command in Consultation with the Principal Director may sanction a general scheme of erection or re-erection of buildings within such limits as may be specified in the sanction for the prevention of overcrowding or for purpose of sanitation, or in the interest of persons residing within those limits or for any other purpose, and may, in pursuance of such scheme, impose restrictions on the erection or re-erection of buildings within those limits:

Provided that no such scheme shall be sanctioned by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command unless an opportunity has been given by a public notice to be published locally by the Chief Executive Officer requiring persons affected or likely to be affected by the proposed scheme, to file their objections or suggestions in the manner specified in the notice, within a period of thirty days of the publication of such notice, and the Chief Executive Officer shall after considering such objections and suggestions, if any, forward the same along with his recommendations to the Principal Director.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Cantonments Act, 2006
Section240
Marginal notePower to sanction general scheme for prevention of overcrowding, etc.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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