law: Cantonments Act, I924 
  
  13.Constitution of Cantonment Boards:-
  (1) Cantonments shall be divided into three
  
  classes, namely:-
  (i) Class I
  
  Cantonments, in which the civil population exceeds ten thousand;
  (ii) Class II
  
  Cantonments, in which the civil population exceeds two thousand five hundred,
  
  but does not exceed ten thousand; and
  (iii) Class III
  
  Cantonments, in which the civil population does not exceed two thousand five
  
  hundred:
  {The proviso was rep.by the A.O.1948.}
  (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the
  
  civil population shall be calculated in accordance with the latest official
  
  census, or, if the Central Government, by general or special order, so directs,
  
  in accordance with a special census taken for the purpose.
  (3) In Class I Cantonments, the Board shall consist of the following members,
  
  namely:-
  (a) the Officer
  
  Commanding the station or, if the Central Government so directs in respect of
  
  any cantonment, such other military officer as may be nominated in his place by
  
  the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command;
  (b) a Magistrate of the first class nominated by the District Magistrate;
  (c) the Health
  
  Officer;
  (d) the Executive
  
  Engineer;
  (e) four military
  
  officers nominated by name by the Officer Commanding the station by order in
  
  writing;
  (f) seven members
  
  elected under this Act.
  (4) In Class II Cantonments, the Board shall
  
  consist of the following members, namely:-
  (a) the Officer
  
  Commanding the station, or, if the Central Government so directs in respect of
  
  any cantonment, such other military officer as may be nominated in his place by
  
  the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command
  (b) a Magistrate of
  
  the first class nominated by the District Magistrate;
  (c) the Health
  
  Officer;
  (d) the Executive
  
  Engineer;
  (e) (i) in cantonments
  
  of which the civil population exceeds seven thousand five hundred, three
  
  military officers,
  (ii) in cantonments of
  
  which the civil population exceeds five thousand, but does not exceed seven
  
  thousand five hundred, two military officers,
  {Subs.by the A.O.1950,
  
  for the former clause.}[(iii) in cantonments of which the civil population does
  
  not exceed five thousand, one military officer,]nominated by name by the
  
  Officer Commanding the station by order in writing;
  (f) such number of
  
  members elected under this Act as is equal to the number of members constituted
  
  or nominated by or under clauses (b) to (e).
  (5) In Class III Cantonments, the Board shall
  
  consist of the following members, namely:-
  (a) the Officer
  
  Commanding the station, or if the Central Government so directs in respect of
  
  any cantonment, such other military officer as may be nominated in his place by
  
  the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command;
  (b) one military
  
  officer nominated by name by the Officer Commanding the station by order in
  
  writing;
  (c) one member elected
  
  under this Act.
  (6) The Officer Commanding the station may, if
  
  he thinks fit, with the sanction of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the
  
  Command, nominate in place of any military officer whom he is empowered to
  
  nominate under clause (e) of sub-section (3), clause (e) of sub-section (4) or
  
  clause (b) of sub-section (5), any person, whether in the service of the
  
  Government or not, who is ordinarily resident in the cantonment or in the
  
  vicinity thereof.
  (7) Every election or nomination of a member
  
  of a Board and every vacancy in the membership thereof shall be notified by the
  
  {Subs.by the A.O.1937, for " L.G."} [Central Government] in the
  
  Official Gazette.]
  {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.5, for the former
  
  section.}[