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Substituted for "Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh" by A.O. 1973. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH VACCINATION ACT, 1968 3 (10) "Government" or "State Government" means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; (11) "unprotected child" means a child who has not had small-pox and has not been vaccinated or who has not, within a period of five years, been successfully re-vaccinated; (12) "vaccination" means an operation by which sufficient lymph is introduced into the skin and allowed to be absorbed without any interference or exposure to sun for at least fifteen minutes following the operation; (13) "vaccination station" means a place where vaccination is performed free of charge by the direction or under the authorisation of the Medical Officer of Health concerned; (14) "vaccination circle" means a local area or one of the parts into which a local area has been divided under this Act for the per- formance of vaccination; and (15) "vaccinator" means any person appointed under this Act to perform the operation of vaccination or any private person authorised by the Government to perform the same operation and includes a Superintendent of Vaccination and Inspector of Vaccination and Sanitation.