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The Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923

Section 9Sanction to be obtained before a house is occupied as a hospital, etc.

In forceChapter III APPROPRIATION OF HOUSES

Chapter III APPROPRIATION OF HOUSES

s. 9

9. Sanction to be obtained before a house is occupied as a hospital, etc No house in any cantonment or part of a cantonment in which this Act is operative shall, unless it was so occupied 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, be occupied for the purposes of a hospital, school, school hostel, bank, hotel, or shop, or by [the railway;] administration, a company or firm engaged in trade or business or a club, without the previous sanction of the Officer Commanding the District given with the concurrence of the Commissioner [* * *].

  1. 3. The words and semi-colon "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. 4. The words and commas "or, in a Province where there are no Commissioners, of the Collector" were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

End of s. 9.

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