Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act,1923
Act No : 6
Section : DEFINITIONS
SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS
(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "Brigade area" means one of the Brigade areas, whether occupied by ft brigade of not, into which India is for military purposes for the time being divided, and includes any area which the6 [Central Government] may, by notification in the6 [Official Gazette], declare to be a Brigade area for all or any of the purposes of this Act;
7[(b) "Cantonment Board" means a Cantonment Board constituted under the Cantonments Act, 1924;]
(c) 'Command' means one of the Commands into which India is for military purposes for the time being divided, and includes any area which the 'Central Government may, by notification in the8[Official Gazette,] declare to be a Command for all or any of the purposes of this Act;
(d)9["0fficer Commanding the station"] means the officer for the time being in command of the forces in a cantonment10[or, if that officer is the Officer Commanding the District, the military officer who would be in command of those forces in the absence of the Officer Commanding the District].
(e) "District" means one of the Districts into which India is for military purposes for the time being divided; it includes a Brigade area which does not form part of any such District and any area which the 11Central Government may, by notification in the 'Official Gazette, declare to be a District for all or any of the purposes of this Act;
(f) "house" means a house suitable for occupation by a military officer or a military mess, and includes the land and buildings appurtenant to a house;
(g) "military officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer of12 [the Indian] military or air forces on military or air force duty in a cantonment, 13[* * * *],
14[an officer of the Cantonments Department] and any person in Army departmental employment whom the Officer Commanding the District may at any time, by an order in writing, place on the same footing as a military officer for the purposes of this Act;
(h) "owner" includes the person who is receiving, or is entitled to receive, the rent of a house, whether on his own account or on behalf of himself and others or as an agent or trustee, or who would so receive the rent, or be entitled to receive it, if the house were let to a tenant; and
(i) a house is said to be in a state of reasonable repair when-
(i) all floors, walls, pillars and arches are sound and all roofs sound and watertight,
(ii) all doors and windows are intact, properly painted or oiled and provided with proper locks or bolts or other secure fastenings, and
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