The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to any conditions as to compensation or otherwise which thinks fit to impose, extend to any area beyond a cantonment and in the vicinity thereof, with or without restriction or modification, any of the provisions of Chapters VIII to XV or of any rule or bye-law made under this Act for the cantonment which relates to the subject-matter of any of those Chapters, and every enactment, rule or bye-law so extended shall thereupon apply to that area as if the area were included in the cantonment.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Definition of cantonments.Section 4 · Alteration of limits of cantonments.Section 5 · The effect of including area in cantonment.Section 6 · Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be a cantonment.Section 7 · Disposal of cantonment fund and cantonment development fund when area ceases to be included in a cantonment.Section 8 · Application of funds and property transferred under sections 6 and 7.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.