Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897

Year: 1897

Enactment Date: 1897-02-04

Long Title: An Act to provide for the better prevention of the spread of Dangerous Epidemic Diseases.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 2B: Prohibition of violence against healthcare service personnel and damage to property
    1[2B. Prohibition of violence against healthcare service personnel and damage to property.--No person shall indulge in any act of violence against a healthcare service personnel or cause any damage or loss to any property during an epidemic.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 34 of 2020, s. 5 (w.e.f. 22-4-2020).
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