law: Cantonments Act, I924 
  
  1.Short title, extent and commencement:-
  (1) This Act may be called the Cantonments
  
  Act, 1924.
  (2) It extends to the whole of India {The words " except
  
  Part B States " were omitted by Act 53 of 1950, s.4} {The words "
  
  including British Baluchistan " were rep.by the A.O.1948.
  (3) The Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, direct that this Act, or any provisions
  
  thereof which it may specify, shall come into force on such (1st May, 1924; see
  
  Gazette of India, 1924, Pt.I.p.217.) date as it may appoint in this behalf.