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Definitions.—In this Part— (a) ‘Leprosy’ means open leprosy, that 1s to say, that form of the disease in which leprosy bacilli can be demonstrated from the mucous membrane of the patient’s nose or from his skin, by any recogniscd standard method of examination approved by the Government. (b) ‘Authorised practitioner’ means a medical practi- tioner authorised by the Government in his behalf.