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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lepers Act, 1898

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51381

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Lepers Act, 1898
Section1 - Title Extent and Commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Appointment of Leper Asylums by State Government
Section4 - Appointment of Inspectors of Lepers and Superintendents of Asylums
Section5 - Constitution of Board
Section6 - Arrest of Pauper Lepers
Section7 - Person Arrested How to Be Dealt with
Section8 - Procedure with Regard to Pauper Lepers
Section9 - Power to Prohibit Lepers from Following Certain Trades and Doing Certain Acts
Section10 - Conviction After Previous Conviction
Section11 - Penalty on Person Employing Lepers in Prohibited Trade
Section12 - Re-arrest of Escaped Lepers
Section13 - Order of Discharge by Board
Section14 - Order of Discharge by Board
Section15 - Appeals
Section16 - Power of the State Government to Make Rules
Section17 - Power to Local Authorities to Expend Funds and Appropriate Property to Asylums
Section18 - Protection to Person Acting Bona Fide Under Act
Section19 - Lepers from Any Part of India to Which This Act Does Not Extend
Section - Lepers (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh Repeal) Act, 1983
ScheduleI - Schedule

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