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 3B: Composition of certain offences.
    1[3B. Composition of certain offences.--Where a person is prosecuted for committing an offence punishable under sub-section (2) of section 3, such offence may, with the permission of the Court, be compounded by the person against whom such act of violence is committed.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 22-4-2020).
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