 bill no 263 of  2016 the cantonments (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billfurther to amend the cantonments act, 2006be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1   (1) this act may be called the cantonments (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52 in the cantonments act, 2006, in section 12, for sub-section (8), the following subsection shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of section 1241 of 200610"(8) every election or nomination of a member of a board and every vacancy in the elected membership thereof shall be notified by the central government in the official gazette and every such notification shall contain, mutatis mutandis, all such provisions as are there in the notification to elect a member of the house of the people " statement of objects and reasonsalthough, elections are held regularly to fill up the vacancies arising in various cantonment boards, the elections are not as transparent as the general elections therefore, it is proposed that elections to cantonment boards shall also be held in the same way as the general electionhence this billnew delhi;shrirang  appa  barneoctober 28, 2016 annexure extract from the cantonments act, 2006 [41 of 2006]     filling of vacancies15 (1) vacancies arising by efflux of time in the office of an elected member of a board shall be filled by an ordinary election to be held on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, direct(2) a casual vacancy shall be filled by a casual election the date of which shall be fixed by the central government by notification in the official gazette, and shall be, as soon as may be, after the occurrence of the vacancy:provided that no casual election shall be held to fill a vacancy occurring within six months of any date on which the vacancy will occur by efflux of time, but such vacancy shall be filled at the next ordinary election      lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the cantonments act, 2006————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—2925l(s3)—17112016