Cantonments Act, I924
20.President and Vice-President:-
(1) The {Subs.by Act 7 of 1925 s.14, for
Commanding Officer of the Cantonment"} [Officer Commanding the station]
(Ins.by Act 24 of 1936, s.7.) [if a member of the Board] shall be the President
of the Board:
{Ins.by Act 26 of 1927, s.3.} [Provided that
when a military officer holding the office of President ceases to be the
Officer Commanding the station merely by reason of a temporary absence from the
station on duty or on station leave, or during the transfer of his headquarters
to a hill station, he shall not vacate the office of President.]
{Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.7, for the original sub-section.} [(2) Where the
Officer Commanding the station is not a member of the Board, the military
officer nominated in his place under clause (a) of sub-section (3), sub-section
(4) or sub-section (5) of section 13 shall be President of the Board.
(3) In every Board in which there is more than
one elected member, there shall be a Vice-President elected by the elected
members only and from among their number {Ins.by Act 15 of 1942, s.3.} [in
accordance with such procedure as the Central Government may by rule
prescribe.] ]