Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu · Act 3 of 1897

Section 1 — Short title and extent.

The Epidemic Disease Act, 1897

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1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.  

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[(2) It extends to the whole of India except 

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[the territories which, immediately before the 1st 

November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]] 
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