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The Cantonments Act, 1924

This federal law governs cantonment local areas and their municipal boards.

Status
Law in force
Effective
Date not established
Official text
137 pages

What is in force now?

The checked consolidated text comes from Pakistan Code.

Lahore and Walton Cantonments sit outside Punjab's ordinary local-government framework. Their wards and service chains must be traced separately.

The practical changes

  • The cantonment local area and its electoral wards are different records.
  • Ward boundaries must remain inside cantonment limits.
  • Municipal, military-estate and service responsibilities can follow separate chains.

What this means here

A street inside a cantonment should resolve to its Cantonment Board before provincial town boundaries are considered.

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