Section 1
Short title and extent.
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
About this Act
An Act to provide for the better prevention of the spread of Dangerous Epidemic Diseases.
(1) This Act may be called the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
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Notes
1. Subs. by the A.0. 1950.
2. The words, figures and letters "except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States" omitted by Act 34 of 2020, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-4-2020).
3. The word "and" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and the Second Schedule.
4. Sub-section (3) rep. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid.
2. The words, figures and letters "except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States" omitted by Act 34 of 2020, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-4-2020).
3. The word "and" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and the Second Schedule.
4. Sub-section (3) rep. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid.