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Lepers Act, 1898 Section 2 - Bare Act

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

(1) ''leper'' means any person suffering from any variety of leprosy {The words '' in whom the process of ulceration has commended'' omitted by section 3, ibid.}

(2) ''Pauper leper'' means a 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.

{Subs. by Act 22 of 1920, section 4, for the original section.}




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