The Cantonments Act

Obligation concerning infectious, contagious o communicable diseases

Blood Bank

Special measures in case of outbreak of infectious or epidemic diseases

Power to require names of a dairyman‟s customers

Power to require names of a washerman‟s customers

Power to require names of patients or customers of a medical practitioner or paramedical  workers

Report after inspection of dairy or washerman or medical practitioner‟s place of business

Action on report submitted by Health Officer

Examination of milk, washed clothes or needles, syringes, etc

Contamination of public conveyance

Disinfection of public conveyance

Penalty for failure to report

Driver of conveyance not bound to carry person suffering from infectious or contagious disease

Disinfection of building or articles therein

Destruction of infectious hut or shed

Temporary shelter for inmates of disinfected or destroyed buildings or shed

Disinfection of building before letting the same

Disposal of infected article without disinfection

Means of disinfection

Marking or selling of food, etc., or washing clothes by infected person

Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink

Control over wells, tanks, etc

Disposal of infectious corpse


Prevention of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases


No person shall, without previous
disinfection of the same, give, lend, sell, transmit or otherwise dispose of to another person any article or
thing which he knows or has reason to believe has been exposed to contamination by any infectious or
contagious disease and is likely to be used in, or taken into, a cantonment.

LAWGIST

# 172 Disposal of infected article without disinfection