Power to do certain acts in the event of an epidemic

On the out-break of an epidemic or an infectious disease, the Area Council shall have power to take all or any of the following measures for controlling and preventing the spread of the epidemic or infectious disease in the area within its jurisdiction, namely: - (i) restriction of the movement of the inflected person or other person or goods or domestic animals within its jurisdiction; (ii) provisions for vaccination or inoculation, as the case may be; (iii) seizure of any polluted food-stuff; (iv) dis-infection of wells, tanks or other sources of water supply; and (v) doing of such other acts as may be necessary.