Act Number: 59

Act Name: The Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962

Year: 1962

Enactment Date: 1962-12-19

Long Title: An Act to make provision for the grant of relief in respect of certain personal injuries sustained during the period of the emergency.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 6: Medical attention in dispensaries and hospitals.
    (1) The person managing any dispensary or hospital shall, if so required by the Central or a State Government by general or special order,--
         (a) provide at the dispensary or hospital medical and surgical treatment for persons who have sustained injuries of the nature specified in sub-section (1) of section 3, and
         (b) keep such records and make such returns relating to the persons treated for such injuries as may be required by or under a scheme.
     (2) If any person fails to comply, when so required, with the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.
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