 bill no 134 of 1190 the cantonments (amendment) bill, 1990 a billfutther to amend the cantonments act, 1924 be it enacted by parliament in the forty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the cantonments (amendment) act, 1990 short title 2 id aedion 27 01 tbe cantonments act, 1924, in sub-seetion (1), for s the words "twenty-one yean", the words "eighteen years" shall be sub stituted amendmentol section 270fact 2 ot 1924  statement of objects and reasonsarticle 326 of the constitution has been amended by the constitution (sixty-first amendment) act 1988 with effect from 28th march, 1989 to reduce the voting age from 21 years to 18 years for the elections to the hoose of the people and to the legislative assembly of every state some o'f the sta:e governments have also adopted 18 years of age for elections to the local authorities the present day youth are literate and enlightened lowering of the voting age in the can~ent act, 1924 would provide to the un-represented youth of the cantonment areas an opp'jrtunity to take active part in the political process it is, ~erefore, proposed to reduce the voting age from 21 years to 18 ye"ars 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above object new delhi; dr raja ramanna the 3rd august, 1990 there are no direct financial implications the proposed amendment will bring a substantial number of youth between the age of 18 to 21 years, on the electoral rolls of the cantonment boards conseqmmtly the electoral rolls shall have to be revised' it is not possible to precisely estimate the expenditure involved in the preparation of the revised electoral rolls it is, however estimated that the likely expenditure on the revision of electoral rolls may be between rs 2 lakhs to rs 25 lakhs for all the cantonments in the country 2 besides the above some additional expenditure will also have to be incurred on the actual conduct of elections, on account of increase in the number of ballot papers to be printed increase in the administrative expenditure in conducting the elections on account of increase in the number of polling booths deployment of staff, etc it is, however not possible to precisely estimate the cost on this account 3 the bill, when enacted, will not involve any other expenditure whether recurring or non-recurring, apart from the above  annexure extrnct from ttie cantonments act, 1924(2 of 1924) - - - - qualii-cation of elector %1 (1) every person who, on such date as may be fixed by the· central government in this behalf by notification in the oftlcial gazette (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the qualifying date") is dot less than twen'ty-one years of age and who has resided in the cantonment for a pel'iod of not leal than six months immediately preceding the qualifying date shall, if not otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be enrolled as an elector expzanation-when any place is declared a cantonment for the first time, or when any local area is first included in a cantonment, j"esidence in the place or area comprising the cantonment on the aforesaid dateshall be deemed to be residence in the cantonment for the purposes of this sub-section - - - - - a bdl 'further to amend the cantonments act, 1924 (1)7" ra;a ramantl4 minute, of state in the miniatt't/ oj defence) 