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Extract from Revised Regulation 17 under the
Epidemic Diseases Act, published in the
"Fort St. George Gazette," dated 27th May
1898.
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iii. Every person so arriving from a plague-infected place 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 residence occurring
within ten days from the date of arrival. On the. expiry of ten days,
he shall deliver up his passport to the local authority 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 grunted, shall immediately be communi-
cated 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, bo 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.
v. 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 traveller and sent to the Tahsildar.
Any officer of the Revenue Department not below the rank of
Deputy Tahsildar may require that the person or the clothing and
other effects of the traveller shall 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 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 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 is or has been
residing.
(8) Date of departure if occurring within ten days.
(9) Destination.
(10) Date of intimation of departure to the local autho-
rity of the place of destination.
(11) Date of despatch of the passport to the Tahsildar.
* This rule applies whether the place of destination is in British or
Mysore territory.
Endorsement of the Local Authority.
Date
Signature
of
local
authority.
Designation.
1st day
2nd .,
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4th „
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6th
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FORWARDED to the
Tahsildar
of
Municipal Chairman
the traveller having been duly observed.
Dale
Signature and Designation of
local authority.
Extract from Revised Regulation 17
under the Epidemic Diseases Act
published in the "Fort St. George
Gazette," dated 27th May 1898.
17. i. Every person arriving from any place declared to
be infected with plague shall, before leaving the railway
station at which he has alighted, or before disembarking
from 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 Munici-
pal Chairman or any Revenue officer not below the grade
of 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 ;
(6) The station house officer;
(c) The headman of the village.
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 so arriving from a plague-infected
place 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 autho-
rity any change in his place of residence occurring within
ten days from the date of arrival. On the expiry of ten
days, he shall deliver up his passport to the local authority
of the place where he may then be.