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Power to make rules.- (1) The Government may make rules generally for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and in particular for- (i) the establishment of a Mela bund; (ii) providing what expenditure shall be defrayed from the Mela Fund and how should any surplus be utilised; and (iii) Sanitation in the Mela Area. Such rules shall be published in the Gazette. (2) Subject to the rules made under sub-section (1), the District Magistrate may make rules to provide generally against the out-break or spread of fire, and particularly for the following purposes :- (i) providing for the safety of building and structures put up in the Mela Area and of articles brought into the Mela Area; (ii) prescribe conditions subject to which huts and other structures may be constructed in the Mela Area including limits to the height of such huts or structures and the area on which they are to be built and distances between them; (iii) providing for the supply of jars of water and such other material as may be considered necessary for extinguishing lire; and (iv) restricting the use of fires for cooking or for any other purpose. (3) Subject of the rules made under sub-section (1), the District Magistrate may with the 3 / 5 concurrence of [Chief Health Officer] make rules to provide generally against the out-break and spread of epidemic diseases, or particularly for the following purposes :- (i) Compulsory isolation and removal of any persons suffering from dangerous infectious disease; (ii) Disinfection of any house, dwelling, building, source of water-supply or any other suspected source of infection; (iii) Conditions subject to which persons can enter or leave the Mela Area; (iv) Destruction of any food or other material meant for human consumption.