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where markets may be held and may prescribe limits beyond which it
shall not be lawful for persons bringing articles for sale from or to an
infected area to pass.
4. In an infected area the Collector, or a plague officer with the
previous sanction of the Collector, may order the evacuation of infected
houses and houses in their neighbourhood, or generally of any infected
locality :
Provided that, before issuing or authorizing a.n order for compulsory
evacuation, the Collector shall either provide adequate and suitable
shelter within reasonable distance for the persons evicted, together with
the necessary water-supply and arrangements for watch and ward or
shall satisfy himself that such shelter and water-supply have been
provided by private agency. The Collector shall also satisfy himself
that the compulsory evacuation is necessary to avert the further spread
of the disease, or is in the interests of the effected population taking
account of climatic conditions.
The Collector may require all persons who evacuate their houses
voluntarily, or are evicted under this regulation, to reside in such place
as he may appoint.
Nothing contained in this rule shall be deemed to apply to persons
who have been successfully inoculated against plague during the nine
months prior to the declaration of a locality being infected or who get
themselves inoculated within 24 hours of such declaration.
5. In an infected area the Collector may enter upon, occupy and use,
or may depute any person to enter upon, occupy and use, without having
recourse to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, any build-
ing or place which is required for, and is, in the opinion of the District
Health Officer or the District Medical and Sanitary Officer where there
is no District Health Officer, suitable for any purposes connected with
plague measures ; provided that, if the building or place is occupied,
twenty-four hours' notice in writing shall be given to the occupier or
shall be conspicuously affixed on such building or place. The owner or
lessee of such building or place shall be entitled to a reasonable rent, to
be fixed by the Collector, for the period during which the ground or
building may be used for purposes connected with plague ; and the
Collector shall, when any building ceases to be so used, cause it to be
thoroughly cleansed and, if the owner so desires, whitewashed internally
and externally.
6. If the Collector is of opinion that the destruction of any hut or
shed is necessary to prevent the spread of plague, he may take summary
measures, for the destruction of such hut or shed and of the materials
of which it is constructed.
7. The Collector may direct that any dwelling house or any landing
place or railway goods shed or any place used for the storage of grain
shall be inspected and that all rats found therein shall be destroyed ;
and to facilitate the destruction of rats may order the temporary removal
of any grain or other merchandise.
8. The Collector may direct that at any place in his district any
consignment of grain, being conveyed by rail, road or otherwise, shall
be examined, and shall, if necessary, be unloaded and exposed to the
sun in such manner and for such period as he may fix.