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Appendix No. 1.
Whereas a dangerous disease, namely, Bubonic Fever, has broken out in certain
parts of the City of Bombay and the Municipal Commissioner is of opinion that the
ordinary provisions of the City of Bombay Municipal Act, 1888, or any other law in
force in Bombay are insufficient for the purpose of effectually preventing the spread of
such disease, public notice is hereby given that, with the sanction of Government,
and pursuant to the provisions of Section 434 of the said Act, the Commissioner hereby
prescribes the following temporary regulations to be observed by the public and all
persons concerned, and further that the Commissioner will, if necessary, take such
special measures as are hereby indicated for carrying into effect the objects of the said
regulations :—
1. In extension of the provisions of Sections 422, 425 and 427 of the said Act,
it is hereby prescribed that every person having the control or any charge of any
building or part of a building shall, on demand of the Commissioner or any officer
to whom the powers, duties, or functions of the Commissioner under those sections may
have been or may be delegated, immediately cause such building or part of a building
to be opened, and shall permit the Commissioner or any such officer as aforesaid to
cleanse and disinfect the same, and to cause the removal or disinfection or destruction
of any grain, bedding or clothing, or of any other goods or articles found therein.
For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects aforesaid, the Commissioner or
any such officer as aforesaid will, whenever he shall deem it necessary so to do, break
open and forcibly enter any such building or part of a building, and, without previous
notice to the owner or occupier thereof, will cleanse and disinfect the same, and direct
or cause the forcible removal and disinfection or destruction of any grain, bedding,
clothing, goods, or articles as aforesaid.
2. In extension of the provisions of Section 424 of the said Act it is hereby
prescribed that any person suffering from Bubonic Fever, wheresoever found and
whether provided with proper lodging or accommodation or not, or whether lodged in
a building occupied by more than one family or not, shall, on a certificate signed by
the Executive Health Officer or by any duly qualified medical practitioner that such
person is suffering from the said disease, be liable to be removed to any hospital or place
at which patients suffering from the said disease are received for medical treatment.
For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of this regulation the Commis-
sioner or any officer to wnom the powers, duties, or functions of the Commissioner
under Section 424 have been or may be delegated, or any Police officer empowered by
the Commissioner in this behalf will, whenever he shall deem it necessary so to do,
cause any person in respect of whom such certificate as aforesaid has been made to
be removed to any such hospital or place as aforesaid.
3. Every house in which any case of the aforesaid disease exists or has existed
shall, for so long as the Commissioner shall deem necessary, be isolated in
accordance with such orders as the Commissioner may in each case prescribe, and every
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