(1) The Health Officer or any person authorized by him in this behalf; may-
(a) at all, reasonable hours;, inswct with or without assistants any place in which any noti fied ,disease is reported or suspected to exist without notice in the case of factories, workshops, work-places, offices and the like and' after giving stich notice as may appear to him reasonable in other cases; including dwelling houses; and ' , (b) !ake such measures as he may consider necessary to prevent the' spread of such disease beyondsllch place. ',.. ,', ,,,' ;' _:
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(2) The powers conferred by sub-section . (1) on the Health Officer: 'may,jn loCal areas;· be eX~roilied also.by'the local authority or any person authorised by-such authority. '. " '.' ,. ,. , ., , "" .'
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61. Destruction of hut or sli(id to prevent ~P~i1 ofilifectio~. ~ (1) If it appears to' the H<~alth Officer that the destruction of any hut or shed is, necessary to prevent the, spread of any notifi~d diselj.se, he may,. after giving to th,e oWner and ,the Occupier of such huf:or shed stich'previous .notice of his intention. as may in the circumstances of the .
case appear to him reasonable, tak", measures for hving snch hut or shed and all the materials thereof destroyed. .
(2) Such. compensation as ,the local'authority may consider reasonable, Shall be .paid to anY per SOn who in Its Olllnionsnstains loss by the destrnc tionofan-y 'nut or sheduhder the powers conferril4 by sub-section (1) l>ut' save as pfovided iri this' sUb~ . ~se-ction, no claim for COmPEmsatiOri shall lie. fo~ an:\> . loss or damage"caused byaIiy exerCise of the powers aforesaid.' . . , . ',. . .. .
62 .. C~osure !>f 1000ging i).ouses.--.; 11;, .on the appli cation of ,the Health. OfficeJ:", a Magistrate is' satis ~ied that .it is 'll.ecessary ,m the interests of public nealth that a lodging houseor.any place where articles of food· are sold, or prepared, or expo sed. ,for, sale, . or diStributed, should' be closed on account of the existence or ·recentoccurrence·'Jn 'Ouch lodging house or place of Ii. case ofp.otified diSease,' the Magistrate may; by order, dITect it ,to be 'closed uhtilthe expiry of such period' as may 1;le specified iri the orderbr Mtll it is certified by the Health ()fficerto be free from infection. .
. 63. Infected clothes not to be sent to laundry.- No person shall- . .
(1) send or take to any laundry or public wash~ . -house' or any public water-course,tank or well, . for the purpose of being washed or to any place.
for the purpose of being cleaned, any clothing, bedding or other article which he knows t() have been exposed to infection from any notified disease, unless such -;:trticle. has been disinfe\,ted by or to the. satisfaction of the· Health Officer or a registered medical practitioner, or unless . ,under,in~tructions .from such a person, it is sent "o/ithproper precautions to a. laundry for the purpose of disinfection with notice that it has been expo'sed to infection; or
(2) pl~ce or cause or permit to be placed in any dust-bin ·or other receptacle: for the deposit of refuse any matter whiCh he knows to have , been exposed to infection from a notified disease and which has not been disinfected.' '
64. Infected persons not to use public convey ance~ ..:... (1) No person who knows that he is suffer irig from notifiEl(! disease shall '- .'
(a) enter any public conveyance us",d for the conveyance of. passengers at separate fares, or . . , . , ' .' .
(b) enter'any other public conveyance;'
'.: "{2) Nbperson having 'the care of ·aperson when, he knows to be sUffering from a notified disease shall permit thatt>erson to be 'carried- ' . .' ,- '(a)ln any public conveyance used fOl- 'the conveyance 'of passengers at separate fares; or- . (b)iriany other public conveyance, without ,:pr.eviously notifying the :owner; driver or eon ·ductorthereof ,that the person is so suffering.
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(3) The owner, ,driver or conductor of a public conveyance used,Jor the. conveyance of passep.gera at separate fares shill not convey ther.,in a person whom he knows. to be suffering from a notified diseaSe, at any time when a passenger not suffering' from such disease is being conveyed therein:' . .
,,'Provided that it person Suffering fro~ a notifjed disease may be conveyed in the public. c~ance aforesaid in such cases ·of emergency 'and subject to such restrictions and safE'lgUards as may bE! notified by the Government: '. . .
'(4) The ownerordriv~rof:my other pu~liccon~ veyan<:e maY' refuse to convey therein . anyperso~ sUffering from a notified disease until he ,has been paid asuin sufficient to cover any loss and -expense which wiUbe incUrred by reason of the provisionsof sub-sections' (5)'and (6). .
. ,(5) If a person' suffering from a notified disease- , is conveyed ina publlcconveyance', 'the person in charge 'thereof shalf as .soon as 'practicable gi;,e notice to· the'· Health OffICer of·, the . local . area' m whiclitheconveyance is usually kept' and before permitting any other person to enter the conveyance .
shall cause it to be diSinfected. ' ....
,(6) The local authority when sorequested by the person in-charge of a. public conveyance in. -which a person suffering from a notified disease has. been conveyed shall provide for its disinfection .
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65. Lettirig or siIb-Iettirig a building occupied by an infected person. ~ No person shall, without a special permission, from the HealtJ:1, Officer; let or sub-let or permit or suffer any prospective tenant to' enter a building in which he .knows or hall reasons to know that a person has been' suffering from a notified disease within the three months immedia telypreceding.