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Extract from Revised Regulation 17 under the Epidemic Diseases Act, published
in the "Fort St. George Gazette," dated 11th April 1899, Part I-A, pages
139—141.
17. i. õ
r from a
suspected of having arrived, from any place declared to be infected with plague,
Excellency the Governor of Fort St. George in Council for the purposes of this
tempted under Regulation 31, before leaving the railway station at which he has alighted, or
the steamer, ship or boat in which he has travelled, or in the case of arrival by road either
immediately on reaching a Road Frontier Inspection Station or within twelve hours from the time of arrival at any
other place, obtain from the officer mentioned in Regulation 17-ii a passport binding him to present himself for daily
inspection for the next ten days before the local authority of the town or village where he may be; and he shall be
bound so to present himself.
Provided that, where it appears desirable, the Municipal Chairman or any Revenue officer not below the graded
Deputy Tahsildar may, by endorsement on the passport, exempt any person from personal attendance and permit him
to be inspected at his residence.
Explanation.—By a "local authority" is meant any of the following officers :—
(a) The local Medical officer;
(b)
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(d) Any person appointed by the Collector of the district for the purposes of this Regulation.
In places where there is more than one local authority, the duties prescribed in these rules shall be performed by,
or with the permission of the Collector under the orders of, the officer who stands first in the order given in this
explanation. *
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iii. Every person required to take out a passport shall declare truly his name, address, and such other particulars
as may be required by the officer issuing the passport and shall report forthwith to the local authority any change in
his place of
thin ten days from the date of arrival. On the expiry of ten days, he shall deliver up
his passport
of the place where he may then be.
iv. The issue of a passport, or any change in the residence of the person to whom it has been granted, shall
immediately be communicated by the officer issuing it (in the former case) or by the local authority (in the latter case)
to the Municipal Chairman or the local authority of the place of destination.* If the local authority of the place of
destination is not known, the intimation shall be sent to the Tahsildar concerned for transmission to the local officer
by whom the traveller has to be observed. The communication may be made by a post-card, or by a special messenger,
or in any other manner which the Collectors concerned may determine. The telegraph need be used only in urgent
cases.
Intimation of departure to any railway station in the Province of Mysore shall, however, be telegraphed to the—
(a) Assistant Surgeon on plague duty, Yesvantpur, when the destination is a station on the Mysore State
Railway;
(b) Residency Surgeon, Bangalore, when the destination is a station within Mysore Province on the Madras
Railway.
Y. The local authority of the place of destination shall see that, on the arrival of the traveller, he is observed daily
for ten days. Any case of illness or death in the house in which such traveller is or has been residing shall be forthwith
reported to the immediate superior of the local authority with full details. After ten days, the passport shall be
recovered from the
\ill\hsildar.
Any Officer of
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below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar may require that the person or the
clothing and other
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be
disinfected in such manner as may be ordered by the Collector.
vi. The headman of every village shall keep himself promptly informed of the arrival of every person from an
infected or notified area without a passport and shall deal with him as in the preceding clauses of this Regulation to
which such person shall be bound to submit himself.
vii. A register shall be maintained by each local authority in the following form :—
(1) Date of receipt of intimation.
(2) Name of traveller.
(3) From what infected or notified area arriving.
(4) Date of arrival of traveller.
(5) Number, date and place of issue of passport.
(6) How long kept under observation.
(7) State of health of the traveller and other persons living in the house in which he i» or has been residing.
(8) Date of departure if occurring within ten days.
(9) Destination.
(10) Date of intimation of departure to the local authority of the place of destination.
(11) Date of despatch of the passport to the Tahsildar.
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xiii. In the case of minors and incapacitated
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ake
out passports for them, to present
them for daily inspection, to report truly their names
any change in their residence, and to
comply otherwise with the requirements of this regulation shall vest in their legal guardians or persons in whose
charge they travel or who receive them at the railway station of destination.
N.B.—Any person disobeying or evading the above rules shall be deemed to have committed an offence punishable
under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
six months or fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000 or both.
Endorsement of the Local Authority.
Date
1st day
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3rd "
4th "
5th "
6th "
7th "
8th "
9th "
10th "
Signature of ocal authority.
Designation.
Tahsildar
Forwarded to the Municipal Chairman of
the traveller having been duly observed.
Date
Signature and Designation of local authority.
* This rule applies whether the place of destination is in British or Mysore territory.