Section 10Houses not to be appropriated in certain cases

s. 10

10. Houses not to be appropriated in certain cases No notice shall be issued under section 7 if the house- (a) was, at the date of the issue of the notification declaring this Act or the Cantonments (House-Accommodation) Act, 1902, as the case may be, to be operative in the cantonment or part of the cantonment, or is, with such sanction as is required by section 9, occupied as a hospital, school hostel, bank, hotel or shop, and has been so occupied continuously during the three years immediately preceding the time when the occasion for issuing the notice arises, or (b) was, at the date of such a notification as is referred to in clause (a) or is, with such sanction as aforesaid, occupied by [the railway] administra-tion or by a company or firm engaged in trade or business or by a club, or (c) is occupied by the owner, or (d) has been appropriated by the [Government] for use as a public office or for any other purpose.

1. 5. The words "the railway" were substituted, for the words "a railway" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2. 6. The word "Government" was substituted, for the words and commas "Provincial Government with the concurrence of the officer Commanding the District, or by the Central Government," by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)