Power of Magistrate to prohibit assembly of persons

In the event of the prevalence of a notifiable disease in any local area, any Magistrate having jurisdiction not being a Magistrate of the third class, may on the application of the Health Officer, by special order prohibit the assemblage of any number of persons exceeding twenty-five in any place, whether public or private or in any circumstances or for any purpose, if in his opinion such assemblage in such place or in such circumstances or for such purpose is likely to become a means of spreading the disease among the people.