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Section 385: Duty of persons suffering from dangerous disease.

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

No person shall,—

(a) knowing that he is suffering from a dangerous disease, expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any public street or public place;

(b) having the care of a person whom he knows to be suffering from a dangerous disease, cause or permit that person to expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any such street or place as aforesaid;

(c) place or cause to be placed in a dustbin or other receptacle for the deposit of rubbish, any matter which he knows to have been exposed to infection from a dangerous disease and which has not been disinfected properly;

(d) throw or cause to be thrown into any latrine or urinal any matter which he knows to have been exposed to infection from a dangerous disease and which has not been disinfected properly.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section385
Marginal noteDuty of persons suffering from dangerous disease.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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