(1) When the Health Officer considers that an area is likely to be affected with any communicable disease, he may arrange for compulsory immunisation or re-immunisation on a mass scale.
(2) All such immunisation or re-immunisation shall be free of charge.
56 Restriction on movement
55. In the event of the prevalence of any notified disease in the territory or any part thereof the Government may, with a view to prevent the spread of infection of the disease by order notified in the Official Gazette regulate or prohibit –
(a) the movement within the territory of persons or goods, or
(b) the influx of persons or the import of goods into the territory.
Closure of certain places
56. If, on the application of the Health Officer, the Magistrate having jurisdiction is satisfied that it is necessary, in the interest of public health and in order to prevent the spread of any communicable disease, to close any dwelling or lodging house or any place where articles of food are sold or prepared, stored, or exposed for sale or distribution, the Magistrate may, by order, direct it to be closed until the expiry of such period as may be specified in the order or until it is certified by the Health Officer that there is no further risk of spread of infection.
Power of Magistrate to prohibit assembly of persons
57. In the event of the prevalence of a notifiable disease in any local area, any Magistrate having jurisdiction not being a Magistrate of the third class, may on the application of the Health Officer, by special order prohibit the assemblage of any number of persons exceeding twenty-five in any place, whether public or private or in any circumstances or for any purpose, if in his opinion such assemblage in such place or in such circumstances or for such purpose is likely to become a means of spreading the disease among the people.
Power of Government to confer special powers on officers to control notified diseases