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Lepers Act, 1898 Section 8

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.

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 6

Title: Arrest of Pauper Lepers

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Within any local area which has been specified under section 3 any police-officer {Ins. by section 5.ibid.[ or any other person specially empowered by the State Government by order in writing in this behalf] may arrest without a warrant any person who appears to him to be a pauper leper. (2) Such police-officer {Ins. by section 5.ibid.} [ or other person] shall forthwith take or send the person so arrested to the nearest convenient police-station.

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 "- -Repealed in - Gujarat by Guj.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......

Lepers 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 :--

Lepers Act, 1898 Complete Act

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

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1898

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (1) ''leper'' means any person suffering from any variety of leprosy {The words '' in whom the process of ulceration has commended'' omitted by section 3, ibid.} (2) ''Pauper leper'' means a leper-- (a) who publicly solicits alms or exposes or exhibits any sores, wounds, bodily ailment or deformity with the object of exciting charity or of obtaining alms, or (b) who is at large without any ostensible means of subsistence ; (3) ''leper asylum'' means a leper asylum appointed under section 3; (4) ''Board'' means a Board constituted under section 5; and (5) District Magistrate'' includes a Chief Presidency Magistrate. {Subs. by Act 22 of 1920, section 4, for the original section.}

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 15

Title: Appeals

State: Central

Year: 1898

Any person, other than a pauper leper, in respect of whom an Inspector of Lepers has issued a certificate, in Form B set forth in the Schedule, declaring him to be a leper, or has refused to issue a certificate in Form A set forth in the schedule, may be appointed by the State Government in this behalf, and the decision of such officer shall be final.

Lepers Act, 1898 Schedule I

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1898

..... To THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LEPER ASYLUM AT WHEREAS (name and description) has this day been convicted by me of an offence punishable under section 9 of the Lepers Act, 1898, and whereas it has been proved before me that the said (name and description) was previously convicted of an offence punishable under the same section : This is to authorise you, the said Superintendent, to receive the said into your custody together with this order and him/her safely to kept in the said asylum until he/she shall be discharge by order of the Board or the District Magistrate. Given under my hand and the seal of the court this date of 189. (Signature.) Magistrate. E.--- ORDER OF DISCHARGE BY BOARD 1A corresponding form may be sued by the District Magistrate for orders of discharge issued under s.10 (2). To THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LEPER ASYLUM AT WHEREAS (name and description ) was committed to your custody under an order dated the day of 189 and there have appeared to us sufficient grounds for the opinion that he / she can be released without hazard or in convenience to the community: This is to authorise and require you forthwith to discharge the said (name).....