TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1898

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 7

PERSON ARRESTED HOW TO BE DEALT WITH Every person brought to a police station under the last foregoing section shall,

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a) if he finds that such person is not a leper within the meaning of section 2-, shall five him a certificate in Form A set forth in the schedule, whereupon such person shall be forthwith released from arrest; (b) if he finds that such person is a leper within the meaning of section 2-, shall give to the police-officer, in whose custody the leper is, a certificate in Form B set forth in the ' schedule, whereupon the leper shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction under this Act.