law: Cantonments Act, I924 
  
  26.Electoral rolls:-
  (1) {The words " Where a Board is to be
  
  constituted in any cantonment otherwise than in accordance with the proviso to
  
  sub-section (1) of section 14 rep.by s.10, ibid} {Subs.by s.10, ibid., for
  
  " the Cantonment Authority".} [The Board or, where a Board is not
  
  constituted in any place declared by notification under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 3 to be a cantonment, the Officer Commanding the station], shall
  
  prepare and publish an electoral roll showing the names of persons qualified to
  
  vote at elections to the Board. Such roll shall be prepared, revised and
  
  finally published in such manner and on such date in each year as the {Subs.by
  
  the A.O.1937, for " L.G.".} [Central Government] may by rule
  
  prescribe.
  (2) Every person whose name appears in the
  
  final electoral roll shall, so long as the roll remains in force, be entitled
  
  to vote at an election to the Board, and no other person shall be so entitled.
  (3) When a cantonment has been divided into
  
  wards, {The words " or the inhabitants into classes " omitted by Act
  
  2 of 1954, s.6.} the electoral roll shall be divided into separate lists for
  
  each ward {The words " or class, as the case may be " omitted, ibid.}
  (4) If a new electoral roll is not published in any year on the date
  
  prescribed, the {Subs.by the A.O.1937, for " L.G.".} [Central
  
  Government] may direct that the old electoral roll shall continue in operation
  
  until the new roll is published.