Power of entry of local officers to take preventive measures

The Health Officer or any person authorised by him in this behalf may—

1. (a) at all reasonable hours, inspect with or without assistants any place in which any infectious disease is reported or suspected to exist, without notice in the case of a factory, workshop, workplace, office, business place and the like and after giving such notice as may appear to him reasonable in other cases, including a dwelling-house; and
2. (b) take such measures as he may consider necessary to prevent the spread of such disease beyond such place.

1. (2) The powers conferred by sub-section (1) on the Health Officer may, in municipal areas, be exercised also by the executive authority or any person authorised by such authority.