Removal of infected person to hospital

(1) If the Health Officer is satisfied that any person is suffering from an infectious disease, and that such person— (a) (i) is without proper lodging or accommodation, or (ii) is lodged in a place occupied by more than one family, or (iii) is without medical supervision directed to the prevention of the spread of the disease, or (iv) is in a place where his presence is a danger to the people in the neighbourhood; and (b) should be removed to a hospital or other place at which patients suffering from such disease are received for treatment after taking all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of the patient in transit, the Health Officer may remove such person or cause him to be removed to such hospital or place. (2) If any woman, according to custom, does not appear in public, is removed to any such hospital or place— (i) the removal shall be effected in such a way as to preserve her privacy; and (ii) special accommodation in accordance with the custom aforesaid shall be provided for her in such hospital or place at the expense of the local authority. (3) No person shall leave, or be taken away from any hospital or other place referred to in sub-section (1) without the permission of the Medical Officer in charge or of the Health Officer. (4) Whoever— (a) obstructs the removal of any person to any hospital or other place under sub-section (1), or (b) leaves or takes away any person from any such hospital or place in contravention of sub-section (3), shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine not exceeding Rs. 100 or with both.