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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Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Repealed] Section 48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

.....does not include an honorary Magistrate; (24) "Medical practitioner" means a practitioner registered under the Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 or who has got any medical qualification recognized by the Government; (25) "Milk" means the milk of a cow, buffalo, goat, ass or other animal and includes cream, skimmed milk, separated milk, and condensed, sterilized or desiccated milk or any other product of milk; (26) "Notification" means a notification in the Gazette; (27) "Nuisance" includes any act, omission, place or thing which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or disturbance to rest or sleep or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to the health or property of the public or the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity or persons who may have occasion to use any public right; (28) "Occupier" includes " (a) any person for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building or part of the same in respect of which the word is used or damages on account of the occupation of such land,.....

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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

.....(2)Pondicherry by Regn.7 of l963; (3) Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Regn. 8 of 1965. Hyderabad Leprosy Act (Andh. Pra. Act 4 of 1954) has been extended to the whole State of Andhra Pradesh by Andh. Pra. Act 20 of 1963 - Seesection 12,. Applied to Chandigarh by Chd. Admn. Gaz., 9-2-1973, Ext,. p. 237. "- -Repealed in - Gujarat by Guj. Act 4 of 1990. Assam by Assam Act 13 of 1990. Nagaland by Naga. Act 6 of 1990. Meghalaya by Megha. Act 3 of 1990. West Bengal by W.B. Act 15 of 1985. Tamil Nadu by T.N, Act 22 of 1987. Tripura by Tripura Act I of J 985. Punjab by Punj. Act 8 of 1993. Karnataka by Krna. Act 25 of 1989. Orissa by Orissa Act 1 of 1987. Himachal Pradesh by H. P. Act 14 of 1988. U. T. of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh by Central Act 47 of 1983. Manipur by Mani. Act 6 of 1989 Maharashtra : Gujarat : Mysore (Bombay Area): in the long title and the Preamble of the Lepers Act, 1898, in its application to the whole State of Bombay (now split up into the Stales of Gujarat and Maharashtra), the word "pauper". - Bom. Act 28 of 1955, section 2(16 -9-1955): Guj. A. L. (8th Am.) 0......

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Medical Council Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....ACT, 1956 MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1956 102 of 1956 30th December, 1956 "The objects of this Bill are to amend the Indian Medical Council Act, 1933 (Act 27 of 1933)- (a) to give representation to licentiate members of the medical profession, a large number of whom are still practising in the country, (b) to provide for the registration of the names of citizens of India who have obtained foreign medical qualifications which are not at present recognised .under the existing Act; (e) to provide for the temporary' recognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions in countries outside India with which no scheme of reciprocity exists in cases where the medical practitioners concerned are attached for the time being to any medical institution in India for the purpose of teaching or research or for any charitable object; (d) to provide for the formation of a Committee of Post-graduate Medical Education for the purpose of assisting the Medical Council of India to prescribe standards of post-graduate medical education for the guidance of Universities and to advise Universities in the matter of securing uniform standards for post-graduate medical education.....

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Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Repealed] Chapter VII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....passed. Repealing Act 1 - JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000 [Act, No. 56 of 2000] [30th December, 2000] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection, by providing for proper care, protection and treatment by catering to their development needs, and by adopting a child-friendly approach in the adjudication and disposition of matters in the best interest of children and for their ultimate rehabilitation through various institutions established under this enactment. Whereas the Constitution has, in several provisions, including clause (3) of article 15, clauses (e) and (f) of article 39, articles 45 and 47, impose on the State a primary responsibility of ensuring that all the needs of children are met and that their basic human rights are fully protected; And Whereas, the General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the 20th November, 1989; And Whereas, the Convention on the Rights of the Child has prescribed a set of standards to.....

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