Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
3. T11e Local Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint any place to be a leper as$lum for the purposes of this Act and specify tb e local are-as from which lepers may be sent to such asylum, and may, in like manner, alter or cancel any such notification.
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5. The Local Government shall constitute- for every leper asylum appointed under section 3 a Board consisting of not less than three members, one of whom at least shall be a Medicd Officer of the Government.
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Source: India Code