section 425
Obligation of medical practitioner or owner or occupier to report infectious disease.- (1) If any medical practitioner
The Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973Infrastructure1973318 of 312 sections available1 chapters
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- (2) (a) The information shall be communicated in such form and with such details as the Commissioner may require.
- (b) The Commissioner may pay a fee not exceeding one rupee for each intimation by a private medical practitioner of a case occurring in his practice.
- (3) The provisions of this section shall apply to a hakeem or a vaidyan.
- (4) With the previous approval in all cases of the Director, the Commissioner may direct the compulsory notification, by the owner or occupier of every house within the municipal limits during such period and to such officer, as the Commissioner may specify, of all deaths from, or occurrence of infectious diseases in his house.
- • 426. Power of entry into suspected places.- The Commissioner or health officer or any person duly authorised by the Commissioner or health officer may, at any time by day or by night without notice, or after giving such notice as may appear to him reasonable, inspect any place in which any infectious disease is reported or suspected to exist, and take such measure as he may think fit to prevent the spread of such disease beyond such place.
- • 427. Disinfection of buildings and articles.- (1) If the Commissioner or health officer is of opinion that the cleaning or disinfecting of any premises or part thereof, or of any article therein which is likely to retain infection, will tend to prevent or check the spread of any infectious disease, he may, by notice require the occupier to cleanse or disinfect the same in the manner and within the time specified in such notice.
- (2) If the Commissioner or health officer considers that immediate action is necessary, or that the occupier is, by reason of poverty or otherwise, unable effectually to comply with his requisition, the Commissioner or health officer may himself, without notice cause such premises or article to be cleansed or disinfected and for this purpose may cause such article to be removed from the premises, and the expenses incurred by the Commissioner or health officer shall be recoverable from the said occupier in cases in which he is, in the opinion of the Commissioner or health officer, able effectually to comply with such requisition.
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