Whoever,––
(a) being a medical practitioner or a person openly and constantly practising the medical profession, and in the course of such practice becoming cognizant of the existence of any infectious disease in any dwelling other than a public hospital ; or
(b) being the owner or occupier of such dwelling and being cognizant of the existence of the disease therein ; or
(c) being the person incharge of or in attendance on any person suffering from any such disease in such dwelling and being cognizant of the existence of the disease therein ;
fails forthwith to give information, or knowingly gives false information to the Health Officer or to any other officer to whom the municipality may require information to be given respecting the existence of such disease, shall be punishable with a fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and more than one thousand rupees.
(a) being a medical practitioner or a person openly and constantly practising the medical profession, and in the course of such practice becoming cognizant of the existence of any infectious disease in any dwelling other than a public hospital ; or
(b) being the owner or occupier of such dwelling and being cognizant of the existence of the disease therein ; or
(c) being the person incharge of or in attendance on any person suffering from any such disease in such dwelling and being cognizant of the existence of the disease therein ;
fails forthwith to give information, or knowingly gives false information to the Health Officer or to any other officer to whom the municipality may require information to be given respecting the existence of such disease, shall be punishable with a fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and more than one thousand rupees.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 2A · Substitution of expression.Section 3 · Classification of municipalities.Section 4 · Procedure for declaring muni-cipal area.Section 5 · Notification of intention to include a local area in a municipal area.Section 6 · Notification of intention to exclude local area from a municipal area.Section 7 · Exclusion of local area from a municipal area.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 13 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.