Cantonments Act,1924

Act No : 2

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Section : RECOVERY OF AMOUNT PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DAMAGE TO CANTONMENT PROPERTY

SECTION 270: RECOVERY OF AMOUNT PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DAMAGE TO CANTONMENT PROPERTY

- Where any person' has incurred a penalty by reason of having caused any damage to the property of aa[Board], he shall be liable to make good such damage, and the amount payable in respect of the damage shall incase of dispute, be determinedb[by the Judicial Magistrate] by whom the person incurring such penalty is convicted, and, on non-payment of such amount on demand, the same shall be recoveredc[either by the distress and sale of the movable property of such person, or by the attachment and sale of the immovable property of that person, or by both these methods and the Judicial Magistrate shall recover the amount in accordance with the provisions ofsections 421and422 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, as if it were a fine recoverable under a sentence paased by him].Act l5of l983,Clause 153.-Section 270of the Act relates to recovery of amount payable in respect of damage to cantonment property. This section is being amended to effect recovery also by attachment and sale of immovable property and to make the provisions ofsections 421and422 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974)applicable to such recovery. -Gai. of Ind., 9-7-1982, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., P. 59 (No. 26).

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