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Karnataka Prohibition of Beggary Act, 1975 Section 14

Title: Medical Examination and Detention of Leprosy Patients and Lunatics

State: Karnataka

Year: 1975

.....custody, order him to be discharged. (3) Subject to the provision of sub-section (2) the provisions of section 31 of the Lunacy Act, 1912 (Central Act 4 of 1912) or section 14 of the Lepers Act, 1898 (Central Act 3 of 1898), or the corresponding provision of any other law in force in any area of the State, shall apply to every beggar confined in a mental hospital or a leper asylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be detained; and the time during which a beggar is confined in a mental hospital or leper asylum under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of the period for which he may be ordered by the magistrate to be detained: Provided that where the removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immediately necessary, it shall be open to the authorities of the institution in which the beggar is detained to apply to a court having jurisdiction under the Lunacy Act, 1912 (Central Act 4 of 1912) or the Lepers Act, 1898 (Central Act 3 of 1898) or under any corresponding law in force in any area of the State for an immediate order of committal to a mental hospital or a leper asylum until such time as the orders.....

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Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Repealed] Section 48

Title: Transfer of Juveniles of Unsound Mind or Suffering from Leprosy or Addicted to Drugs

State: Central

Year: 1986

(1) Where it appears to the State Government that any Juvenile kept in a special home or juvenile home or institution in pursuance of this Act is suffering from leprosy so is of unsound mind, or is addicted to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substances, the State Government may order his removal to a leper asylum or mental hospital or treatment centre for drug addicts or other place of safe custody for being kept there for such period not exceeding the period for which he is required to be kept in custody under the orders of the competent authority or for such further period as may be certified by the medical officer to be necessary for the proper treatment of the juvenile. (2) Where it appears to the State Government that the juvenile is cured of leprosy or of unsoundness of mind of drug addiction it may, if the juvenile is still liable to be kept in custody, order the person having charge of the juvenile to send him to the special home or juvenile home or institution from which he was removed or, if the juvenile is no longer liable to be kept in custody, order him to be discharged.

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Bombay Children Act, 1948, (Maharashtra) Section 99

Title: Transfer of Children of Unsound Mind or Suffering from Leprosy

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1948

.....the person having charge of the child which is still liable to be kept in custody, to send him to the Approved Centre or Approved Institution from which he was removed, or if the child is no longer liable to be kept in custody, order him to be discharged : Provided that, where, the removal of a child due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immediately necessary, it shall be open to the authorities of the institution in which the child is detained to apply to a juvenile court of the area or to the nearest court empowered to exercise the powers of a juvenile court under section 8 of this Act for an immediate order of committal to a mental hospital or a leper asylum until such time as the order of the State Government can be obtained in the matter.

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Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, (Maharashtra) Section 26

Title: Medical Examination and Detention of Leprosy Patients and Lunatics

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1959

.....from which he was removed or if the beggar is no longer liable to be kept in custody, order him to be discharged. (3) The provisions of section 31 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, or (subject to the provisions of sub-section (2)1 of section 14 of the Lepers Act, 1898, shall apply to every beggar confined in a mental hospital or leper saylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be detained; and the time during which a beggar is confined in a mental hospital or leper asylum under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of the period for which he may have been ordered by the Court to be detained: Provided that, where the removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immediately necessary, it shall be open to the authorities of the Institution in which the beggar is detained to apply to a Court having jurisdiction under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, or the Lepers Act, 1898, as the case may be, for an immediate order of commital to a mental hospital or a leper asylum until such time as the orders of the State Government can be obtained in the matter.

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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 Section 58

Title: Transfer of Juvenile or Child of Unsound Mind or Suffering from Leprosy or Addicted to Drugs

State: Central

Year: 2000

Where it appears to the competent authority that any juvenile or the child kept in a special home or a children's home or shelter home or in an institution in pursuance of this Act, is suffering from leprosy or is of unsound mind or is addicted to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, the competent authority may order his removal to a leper asylum or mental hospital or treatment centre for drug addicts or to a place of safety for being kept there for such period not exceeding the period for which he is required to be kept under the order of the competent authority or for such further period as may be certified by the medical officer necessary for the proper treatment of the juvenile or the child.

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The Travancorecochin Public Health Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1955

.....any farm, cattle-shed, milk-store, milk-shop, or other place from which milk is sold or supplied for sale, or in which milk is kept for sale, or manufactured for sale into butter, ghee, cheese, cream, curds, butter-milk, or dried, sterilized or condensed milk, and (b) in relation to a dairyman who does not occupy any premises for the sale of milk, any place in which he keeps the vessels by him for the storage or sale of milk, but does not include- (i) a shop or place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only; or (ii) a shop or place in which milk is sold or supplied for sale in hermetically closed and unopened receptacles in the same original condition in which it was first received in such shop or place; (6) "Dairyman" includes any person who sells milk whether wholesale or by retail; (7) "Drain" means a house-drain or a drain of any other description, and includes a sewer, tunnel, culvert, ditch, channel or any other device for carrying off sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain water, or sub-soil water; (8) "Drug" means any substance used as medicine whether for internal or external use, or any substance used in the composition or.....

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Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 Schedule I

Title: First Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1956

..... Doctor of Medicine (General Medicine) M.D. (Genl. Med.) Doctor of Medicine (Pathology including M.D. (Path. Including Bact.) Bacteriology) Doctor of Medicine (Dermatology) M.D. (Derm.) Doctor of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) M.D. (Obst. & Gynae.) Master of Surgery (General Surgery) M.S. (Genl. Surg.) Master of Surgery (Anatomy) M.S. (Anat.) Master of Surgery (Ophthalmology) M.S. (Ophth.) Master of Surgery (E.N.T.) M.S. (E.N.T.) Diploma in Ophthalmology D.O. Diploma in Anaesthesiology D.A. Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology D.G.O. Diploma in Medical Radio-Diagnosis D.M.R.D. Diploma in Dermatology D.D. Doctor of Medicine (Pharmacology) M.D. (Pharm.) Master of Surgery (Orthopaedics) M.S. (Ortho.) Doctor of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) M.D. (Anaes.) Diploma in Child Health D.C.H. NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS, NEW DELHI Member Academy of Medical Sciences .....

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Lepers Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....admitting him to bail : Provided also that if any friend or relative of any person found to be a pauper leper shall undertake in writing to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that such pauper leper shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented from publicly begging in any area specified under section 3-, the Magistrate, instead of sending the leper to an asylum, may make the leper over to the care of such friend or relative, requiring him if he thinks fit, to enter into a bond with one or more sureties, to which the provisions of section 514 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be applicable. (2) If the Magistrate finds that such person is not a leper, or that, if a leper, he is not a pauper leper, he shall forthwith discharge him. "In consonance with several opinions we have modified clause 8 in the direction of greater distinctness and elasticity. The class of Magistrate who should ordinarily deal with these cases has been specified, and the right of every alleged leper to examine the Inspector of Lepers upon his certificate in Form B, and to require that the allegation of leprosy shall, if not admitted, be fully proved, has been made clear. We have, on the analogy.....

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Medical Council Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....be open to such person or medical college to rectify the defects, if any, specified by the Council; (b) consider the scheme, having regard to the factors referred to in sub-section (7), and submit the scheme together with its recommendations thereon to the Central Government. (4) The Central Government- may, after considering the scheme and the recommendations of the Council under sub-section (3) and after obtaining, where necessary, such other particulars as may be considered necessary by it from the person or college concerned, and having regard to the factors referred to in subsection (7), either approve (with such conditions, if any, as it may consider necessary) or disapprove the scheme and any such approval shall be a permission under sub-section (1) : Provided that no scheme shall be disapproved by the Central Government except after giving the person or college concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard : Provided further that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent any person or medical college whose scheme has not been approved by the Central Government to submit a fresh scheme and the provisions of this section shall apply to such scheme, as if such scheme.....

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Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Repealed] Chapter VII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years, (Art. 21A) No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work in a factory, mine or any other hazardous employment, (Art. 24) The tender age of children is not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength (Art. 39e), and that Children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment (Art. 39f), The State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years, (Art. 45) Whereas it is a Fundamental Duty of a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or ward between the age of six and fourteen years, (Art. 51A) Whereas through the National Policy for Children, 1974, we are committed to providing for adequate services to children, both before and after birth and throughout the period of growth, to ensure their full physical, mental and social development, Whereas we affirm that.....

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