Cantonments Act, I924
64.Definition of annual value.-
For the purposes of this Chapter, "
annual value " means
(a) in the case of railway stations, hotels, colleges, school hospitals, factories
and any other buildings which {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69, for "
Cantonment Authority ".} [Board] decides to assess under this clause, one
twentieth of the sum obtained by adding the estimate present cost of erecting
the building to the estimate value of the land appertaining thereto, and
(b) in the case of a building or land not
assessed under clause (a), the gross annual
rent for which such building (exclusive of
furniture or machinery therein) or such land is actually let or, where the
building or land is not let or in the opinion of the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936,
s.69, for " Cantonment Authority ".} [Board] is let for a sum less
than its fair letting value, might reasonably be expected to let from year to
year:
Provided that, where the annual value of any building is by reason of
exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69,
for " Cantonment Authority ".} [Board ] excessive if calculated in
the aforesaid manner, the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69, for " Cantonment Authority
".} [Board] may fix the annual value at any less amount which appears to
it to be just.