Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Ins. by Act 34 of 2020, s. 3 (w.e.f. 22-4-2020). 3 (iii) any person declared as such by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette; (c) “property” includes— (i) a clinical establishment as defined in the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 (23 of 2010); (ii) any facility identified for quarantine and isolation of patients during an epidemic; (iii) a mobile medical unit; and (iv) any other property in which a healthcare service personnel has direct interest in relating to the epidemic; (d) the words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (15 of 1908), the Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934) or the Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010 (31 of 2010), as the case may be, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in that Act.] 1[2. Power to take special measures and prescribe regulations as to dangerous epidemic disease.—(1) When at any time the 2[State Government] is satisfied that 2[the State] or any part thereof is visited by, or threatened with, an outbreak of any dangerous epidemic disease, the 3[State Government], if 4[it] thinks that the ordinary provisions of the law for the time being in force are insufficient for the purpose, may take, or require or empower any person to take, such measures and, by public notice, prescribe such temporary regulations to be observed by the public or by any person or class of persons as 4[it] shall deem necessary to prevent the outbreak of such disease or the spread thereof, and may determine in what manner and by whom any expenses incurred (including compensation if any) shall be defrayed. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the 2[State Government] may take measures and prescribe regulations for— 5* * * * * (b) the inspection of persons travelling by railway or otherwise, and the segregation, in hospital, temporary accommodation or otherwise, of persons suspected by the inspecting officer of being infected with any such disease. 6* * * * * 7[2A. Powers of Central Government.—When the Central Government is satisfied that India or any part thereof is visited by, or threatened with, an outbreak of any dangerous epidemic disease and that the ordinary provisions of the law for the time being in force are insufficient to prevent the outbreak of such disease or the spread thereof, 8[the Central Government may take such measures, as it deems fit and prescribe regulations for the inspection of any bus or train or goods vehicle or ship or vessel or aircraft leaving or arriving at any land port or aerodrome, as the case may be, in the territories to which this Act extends and for such detention thereof, or of any person intending to travel therein, or arriving thereby, as may be necessary.]