Lepers Act, 1898 Section 19

The {Subs. by the A.O.1937 for ''G. G. in C.''.} [ state Government] may, by notification {for a notification under this section, see Gazette of India, 1919, Pt.I,p.1931.} in the Official Gazette, direct that any leper or class of lepers, with respect to whom an order for segregation and medical treatment has been made by a Magistrate having jurisdiction within {subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 1956 for '' any Part B State'', } [ any part of India to which this Act does not extend,], may be sent to any leper-asylum {Ins. by the A.O.1937.} [ in the State] specified in such order ; and thereupon the provisions of this Act and of any rules made thereunder shall, with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be reasonable and necessary to adapt them to the subject-matter, apply to any leper sent to a leper-asylum in pursuance of such notification as though he had been sent by the order of a Magistrate having jurisdiction under this Act.