Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In case of an emergency including the outbreak of any notified communicable disease and in case section 116 is not fully complied with by the local authority, the Director of Health Service shall have the power to direct and take or require to be taken or empower any person to take such measures as he shall deem necessary and the expenses incurred thereby shall be recovered from the local authority under such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Government. Power of Government