Section 372: Removal to hospital of patients suffering from dangerous disease.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957Central Act · Act 66 of 1957

(1) When any person suffering from any dangerous disease is found to be--

(a) without proper lodging or accommodation, or

(b) living in a room or house which the neither owns or pays rent for nor occupies as the guest or relative of any person who owns, or pays rent for it, or

(d) lodged in premises occupied by members of two or more families,

the Commissioner or any person authorised by him in this behalf, may on the advice of any medical officer of the rank not inferior to that of an assistant surgeon remove the patient to any hospital or place at which persons suffering from such disease are received for medical treatment and may anything necessary for such removal.

(2) [[The Corporation]] shall if required by the [Government] erect an infectious diseases hospital of such type and dimension as that Government may direct.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section	372
Marginal note	Removal to hospital of patients suffering from dangerous disease.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
substituted, Act 10 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).
substituted, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “Central Government” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).

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