Power of Government to confer special powers on officers to control notified diseascs

(1) (a) In the event of the prevalence or threatened outbreak of a notified disease in any place or area, the Government may declare that such place or area is visited by or threatened with an outbreak of such disease. (b) The power conferred on the Government by clause (a) may subject to the control of the Government also be exercised by the Collector in respect of a place or area within his district. (c) Any declaration made by the Government under clause (a) or withdrawal thereof in whole or in part shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication. (d) Any declaration made by the Collector under clause (b) or withdrawal thereof in whole or in part shall be published in the Gazette, and shall come into operation on the date of such publication. (2) When a declaration under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) comes into operation and until it is withdrawn, the Collector or any person duly authorised by him by general or special order, or if empowered in this behalf by rules made under this Act, the Health Officer, or any other officer of the local authority concerned or any officer of the Government other than the Collector may, subject to such exceptions, restrictions, limitations and conditions and to such control as may be prescribed either generally or in the case of the notified disease to which the declaration relates, exercise the following powers, namely:— (a) power to order the evacuation of infected houses and houses adjoining them or in their neighbourhood, or generally of all houses in any infected locality; (b) power to make vaccination and preventive inoculations compulsory subject to the provisions of sub-section (3); (c) power to direct— (i) that persons arriving from places outside the local area or residing in any building adjacent to, or in the neighbourhood of an infected building, shall be examined by any specified medical officer or by any one of a specified class of medical officers; (ii) that the clothing, bedding or other articles belonging to such persons shall be disinfected if there is reason to suspect that they have been exposed to infection; and (iii) that any such person shall give his address and present himself daily for medical examination at a specified time and place, for a period not exceeding ten days; (d) power to take such measures as may be necessary— (i) in respect of, or in relation to, persons exposed to infection from any notified disease, or likely to infect other persons with any such disease; and