The Lepers (Gujarat Repeal) Act, 1990

1. (1) This Act may be called the Lepers (Gujarat Repeal) Act, 1990.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

On the date of commencement of this Act, the Lepers Act, 1898, in its application to the State of Gujarat, shall stand repealed.

-1 3. For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that on and from the commencement of this Act, any person detained in any leper asylum in any part of the State of Gujarat under the repealed Act shall stand discharged, and any restriction imposed on him by or under that Act on his movement to or from any local area or from following any trade or calling shall also stand annulled.