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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 2

DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

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Lepers Act, 1898 Section 2 is part of Lepers Act, 1898 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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1) "leper" means any person suffering from any variety of leprosy9[* * *]; (2)"pauper leper" meansa leper-

(a) who publicly solicits alms or exposes or exhibits any sores, wounds, bodily ailment or deformity with the object of exciting charity or of obtaining alms, or (b) who is at large without any ostensible means of subsistence;

(3) "leper asylum" means a leper asylum appointed under section 3-;

(4) "Board" means a Board constituted under section 5-; and (5) "District Magistrate" includes a Chief Presidency Magistrate.

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Section Section 2 of the Lepers Act, 1898 (DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,) is reproduced on this page as part of the Lepers Act, 1898. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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