Any cantonment fund or a cantonment development fund or a portion thereof or other property of a Board vesting in the Central Government under the provisions of section 6 or section 7 shall be applied in the first place to satisfy any liabilities of the Board transferred under such provisions to that Government, and in the second place for the benefit of the inhabitants of the local area which has ceased to be a cantonment or, as the case may be, part of a 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 9 · Limitation of operation of Act.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.