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Title: Procedure with Regard to Pauper Lepers
State: Central
Year: 1898
.....that the person is a leper,and may for this purpose adjourn the enquiry form time to time, remanding theperson for observation or for other reason to such place as may be convenient,or admitting him to bail ; Providedalso that if any friend or relative of any person found to be a pauper lepershall undertake in writing to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that suchpauper leper shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented frompublicly begging in any area specified under section 3, the Magistrate, insteadof sending the leper to any asylum, may make the leper over to the car of suchfriend or relative, requiring him, if he thinks fit, to enter into a bond withone or more sureties, to which the provisions of section 514 of the code ofcriminal Procedure (10 of 1882.) {See now the Code of Criminal Procedure,1898 (5 of 1898).} shall be applicable. (2)If the Magistrate finds that such person is not a leper, or that, if a leper, heis not a pauper leper, he shall forthwith discharge him.
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Title: Lepers Act, 1898
State: Central
Year: 1898
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 ScheduleI - SCHEDULE Amending ActI - LEPERS (DELHI, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, LAKSHADWEEP, DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND CHANDIGARH REPEAL) ACT, 1983
List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Preamble 1
Title: Lepers Act, 1898
State: Central
Year: 1898
THE LEPERS ACT, 1898 [Act, No. 3 of 1898] [AS ON 1957] [4th February, 1898] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the segregation and medical treatment of pauper lepers and the control of lepers following certain callings. WHEREAS it is expedient to provided for the segregation and medical treatment of pauper lepers and the control of lepers following certain callings ; It is hereby enacted as follows :--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Section 19
Title: Lepers from Any Part of India to Which This Act Does Not Extend
State: Central
Year: 1898
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.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Section 9
Title: Power to Prohibit Lepers from Following Certain Trades and Doing Certain Acts
State: Central
Year: 1898
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, order that no leper shall, within any area specified under section 3,-- (a) personally prepare for sale or sell any article of food or drink or any drugs or clothing intended for human use ; or (b) bathe, wash clothes or take water from any public well or tank debarred by any municipal or local bye-law from use by lepers; or (c) drive, conductor ride in any public carriage plying for hire other than a railway carriage ; or (d) exercise any trade or calling which may by such notification be prohibited to lepers. (2) Any such notification may comprise all or any of the above prohibitions. (3) Whoever disobeys any order made pursuant to the powers conferred by this section shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees: Provided that, when any person is accused of an offence under this section, the Magistrate before whom he is accused shall cause him to be examined by an Inspector of Lepers and shall not proceed with the case unless such Inspector furnishes a certificate, in Form B set forth in the schedule, in respect of such person.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Section 11
Title: Penalty on Person Employing Lepers in Prohibited Trade
State: Central
Year: 1898
Any person who, within any area specified under section 3, knowingly employs a leper in any trade or calling prohibited by order under section 9 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees : Provided that the alleged leper shall be produced before the Magistrate and the Magistrate shall cause him to be examined by an inspector of Lepers, and shall not proceed with the case unless such Inspector furnishes a certificate in form B set forth in the schedule in respect of such alleged leper.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Amending Act I
Title: Lepers (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh Repeal) Act, 1983
State: Central
Year: 1898
THE LEPERS (DELHI, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, LAKSHADWEEP, DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND CHANDIGARH REPEAL) ACT, 1983 [Act, No.47 of 1983] [30th December, 1983] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the repeal of the Lepers Act, 1898, as in force in the Union territories of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1.Short title.-- This Act may be called the Lepers (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh Repeal) Act, 1983. 2.Repeal of Act 3 of 1898.-- The Lepers Act, 1898, as in force in the Union territories of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh, is hereby repealed.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Section 3
Title: Appointment of Leper Asylums by State Government
State: Central
Year: 1898
The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint any place to be a leper asylum if it is satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made or will be made for the accommodation and medical treatment of lepers therein, and may, b a like notification, specify the local areas from which lepers may be sent to such asylum.]
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh Repeal) Act, 1983 Preamble 1
Title: Lepers (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh Repeal) Act, 1983
State: Central
Year: 1983
THE LEPERS (DELHI, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, LAKSHADWEEP, DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND CHANDIGARH REPEAL) ACT, 1983 [Act, No. 47 of 1983] [30th December, 1983] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the repeal of the Lepers Act, 1898, as in force in the Union territories of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLepers Act, 1898 Section 4
Title: Appointment of Inspectors of Lepers and Superintendents of Asylums
State: Central
Year: 1898
subject to any rules which may be made under section 16, the State Government may appoint any Medical Officer of the Government or other qualified medical man to be an Inspector of Lepers and any person to be a Superintendent of a Leper Asylum, with such establishment as may, in its opinion, by necessary, and every Inspector or Superintendent so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant.
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