Cantonments Act, I924
6.Disposal of cantonment fund when area ceases
to be a cantonment:-
(1) When, by a notification under section 3,
any cantonment at ceases to be a cantonment and the local area comprised
therein is s immediately placed under the control of a local authority, the
balance of the cantonment fund and other property vesting in the {Subs.by Act
24 of 1936, s.69, for " Cantonment Authority ".} [Board] shall vest
in such local authority, and the liabilities of the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936,
s.69, for " Cantonment Authority ".} [Board] shall be transferred to
such local authority.
(2) When, in like manner, any cantonment ceases to be a cantonment and the
local area comprised therein is not immediately placed under the control of a
local authority, the balance of the cantonment fund and other property vesting
in the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69, for " Cantonment Authority ".}
[Board] shall vest in Government, and the liabilities of the {Subs.by Act 24 of
1936, s.69, for " Cantonment Authority ".} [Board] shall be
transferred to the {Subs.by the A.O.1937, for " Secretary of State in
Council ".} [Central Government].