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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 17

POWER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO EXPEND FUNDS AND APPROPRIATE PROPERTY TO ASYLUMS Notwithstanding anything in any

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Lepers Act, 1898 Section 17 is part of Lepers Act, 1898 - POWER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO EXPEND FUNDS AND APPROPRIATE PROPERTY TO ASYLUMS Notwithstanding anything in any. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) establish or maintain, or establish .and maintain, or contribute towards the cost of the establishment or maintenance or the establishment and maintenance of, a leper asylum either within or without the local limits of such local authority;

(b) with the previous sanction of the23[State Government] and subject to such conditions as that Government may prescribe, appropriate any immovable property vested in, or under the control of, such body, as a site for, or for use as a leper asylum.

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What does Lepers Act, 1898 Section 17 provide?

Section Section 17 of the Lepers Act, 1898 (POWER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO EXPEND FUNDS AND APPROPRIATE PROPERTY TO ASYLUMS Notwithstanding anything in any) 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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