Special provision for small-pox

(1) the Government shall, through the local authority, take such steps as may be prescribed to make adequate arrangements for compulsory vaccination and revaccination of children and persons residing in each locality.

(2) The parent or guardian of every child shall, before it completes three months of age cause the child to be vaccinated unless the child is certified to be unfit for vaccination and shall also get him revaccinated after a period of three years from the date of successful primary vaccination.