2. Definitions. -In this Act, unless there is anything repug nant in the subject or context, -
(a)“Assistant Health Office r” means the medical officer appointed by the General Officer
Commanding -in-Chief, the Command, to be the Assistant Health Officer for a cantonment; (b)“Board ” means a Cantonment Board constituted under this Act; (c)“boundary wall ” means a wall which abu ts on a street and which does not exceed two and a
half metres in height; (d)“building ” means a house, outhouse, stable, la trine, shed, hut or other roofed structure
whether of masonry, brick, wood, mud, metal or other material, and any part thereof, and includes a
well and a wall other than a boundary wall but does not include a tent or other portable and temporary
shelter; (e)“casual election ” means an election held to fill a casual vacancy; (f)“casual vacancy ” means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time in the office of
an elected member of a Board and includes a vacancy in such office, arising under sub -section ( 2) of