Cantonments Act, I924
8.Application of funds and property
transferred under sections 6 and 7 :-
Any cantonment fund or portion of a cantonment
fund or other property of a {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69 for " Cantonment
Authority ".} [Board] vesting in Government under the provision of section
6 or section 7 shall be applied in the first place to satisfy any liabilities
of the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69 for " Cantonment Authority"}) [Board]
transferred under such provisions to the {Subs.by the A.O.1937, for "
Secretary of State in Council"} [Central Government], and in the second
place for the benefit of the inhabitants of the local area which has ceased to
be a cantonment or, as the case may be, part of a cantonment.