Travancore -Cochin Public Health Act,1955
State Act of Kerala · Act 16 of 195572 provisions
The enactment
| Type | Act |
|---|---|
| Citation | Act 16 of 1955 |
| Year | 1955 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Kerala |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 72 |
| Subjects | health |
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- Section 2 Definitions
- Section 4 Powers of the Government and of the Director of Publie Health
- Section 5 Powers of the Director of Public Health to advise local authorities
- Section 8 Appointment of temporary Healih Officers in emergencies
- Section 10 Appointment of persons to carry out the provisions of this Act
- Section 21 Rules for the protection and -periodswcal examination of water-supply
- Section 22 Health Officer’s powers in regard to imsanitary sources
- Section 23 Levy of water-tax and ear-marking the proceeds for water-works
- Section 29 Drainage of court, yard, alley, passage, etc
- Section 31 Prohibition of occwpation of new building without drams
- Section 33 Injurious refuse not to be discharged into public drain
- Section 35 Obligation of local authority to provide public sanitary conveniences
- Section 36 New houses to be provided with sanitary convenences
- Section 37 Additional sanitary conventences
- Section 39 Certain things to be nutsances
- Section 41 Information regarding nuwsance
- Section 44 Provision regarding house rendered unfit for occupation by reason of nuisance
- Section 45 Disposal of articles removed while abating nuisance
- Section 46 Powers of entry and inspectton
- Section 48 Nuisance caused by act or omission outside local area
- Section 52 Provision and maintenance of isolation hospitals and wards
- Section 53 Provision of ambulances etc
- Section 57 Prohibition of the exposure of other persons to infection
- Section 59 Prevention of infectious disease transmissible from animals
- Section 64 Destruction of hut or shed to prevent spread of imfection
- Section 65 Closure of lodging houses
- Section 66 Infected cloth not to be sent to laundry
- Section 67 Infected persons not to use pubhe conveyance
- Section 68 Letting or sub-letting a building occupied by an infected person
- Section 70 Forbidding work wm infected premises
- Section 73 Power of Magistrate to prohibit an assembly of more than fifty persons
- Section 74 Power of Government to confer special powers on officers to control notified diseascs
- Section 77 Patient to be instructed in methods of prevention of the spread of venereal disease
- Section 79 Definitions
- Section 81 Persons suffering from leprosy not to engage in certain occupations
- Section 82 Persons suffering from leprosy not to use public conveyance
- Section 84 Segregatwn of persons suffermg from leprosy
- Section 85 Power to require fresh certificate that person suffering from leprosy is not mfectious
- Section 86 Rules for the prevention, treatment, and control of certain diseases
- Section 87 Local authority to carry out maternity and child welfare measures
- Section 90 Health Officer's power in case of default
- Section 91 Protection of anti-mosquito work
- Section 92 Prohibition of Interference with such works
- Section 97 Appeal against notification
- Section 98 Power of health staff to enter and inspect premises
- Section 99 Eatension of Section 95 to 98 to non-urban local authorities
- Section 100 New building not to be erected on certain sites
- Section 101 Cleansing of court, yard or passage used in common
- Section 102 Dwelling house unfit for human habitation to be vacated
- Section 103 Back-to-back houses not to be erected without permission
- Section 105 Duties of landlord
- Section 109 Conditions of registration and of renewal of registration
- Section 110 Appeal to local authority
- Section 111 Rules for the upkeep and maintenance of lodging houses
- Section 116 Flesh of dead animal not to be consumed
- Section 120 Investigateon of diseases caused by milk or dairy produce
- Section 122 Nottfication of fairs and festwals by Government
- Section 128 Notice to be gievn of far or festwal
- Section 130 Extension of provisions of chapter to certain areas
- Section 132 Inspection of canal boats
- Section 134 Medical mspection of schools
- Section 139 Bye-laws by local authoriaes
- Section 140 Breach of bye-laws
- Section 141 Procedure for making or altering bye-laws
- Section 144 Propaganda by local authority
- Section 146 Method of serving notice
- Section 147 Cognizance of offences agaist the Act
- Section 149 Powers of Police Officers to arrest offenders against Act, etc
- Section 155 Establishment and Constitutwn of the Pubhe Health Board
- Section 156 Term of Office of elected members
- Section 157 Cessation of membership i the Board
- Section 158 Casual vacancies
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