Punjab Vaccination Act, 1953
Punjab Vaccination Act, 1953
This public health law regulates disease prevention in Chandigarh by outlawing dangerous inoculation procedures and mandating routine vaccination for all children and adults who have undergone inoculation. It applies to guardians who must ensure unprotected children and newly exposed individuals receive timely shots at government-sponsored stations. The Act empowers appointed public vaccinators to enforce these rules, requiring children to get initial shots within six months and follow-up boosters by age six and thirteen. This measure matters because it establishes a clear legal framework to safely control smallpox and protect the community by maintaining high immunization standards.
- 1. Short title and extent.
- 2. Interpretations.
- 3. Prohibition of inoculation and inoculated persons from entering without certificate.
- 4. Vaccination Circles.
- 5. Vaccinators and Superintendents of Vaccination.
- 6. Private vaccinators.
- 7. Unprotected child to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated.
- 8. Inspection after vaccination.
- 9. Procedure when vaccination is successful.
- 10. Procedure when vaccination is unsuccessful.
- 11. What vaccine lymph to be used.
- 12. Vaccination fee.
- 13. Duties of Superintendent of Vaccination.
- 14. Order by Magistrate when notice under section 13 is not obeyed.
- 15. Power to make rules.
- 16. Punishment of offences.
- 17. Local bodies to receive fees and meet expenditure.
- 18. Repeal of Act, XIII of 1880.
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