Provision for treatment of venereal disease by local authorities

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(1) A local authority may make such arrangements in its local area as may be directed by the Government for—
- (a) the free diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering or suspected to suffer, from venereal diseases; and
- (b) the prevention of infection from such diseases.
(2) The local authority may, for the purpose mentioned in sub-section (1), enter in to a contract—
- (a) with any other local authority, or
- (b) with a hospital or medical institution recognised by the Government in this behalf, or
- (c) with the sanction of the Government with any medical practitioner registered under the Central Provinces and Berar Medical Registration Act, 1916 (I of 1916).

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