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(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or of any rule made thereunder or of any notice or order, or direction issued under any of the said provision shall be punishable for the first offence with fine which may extend to rupees two hundred and for a second or any subsequent offence with fine which may extend to rupees four hundred. (2) Any person, after having been convicted for any offence under sub-section (1) continues to commit such offence, he shall be punished for each day after the first, during which he continues so to offend with fine which may extend to rupees twenty- five for every such day. ______ STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS FOR ACT NO.5 OF 1974 No doubt certain provisions do exist in some of the Ex-French Decrees and Arretes for the protection and preservation of Public Health. Certain powers in this regard were also entrusted with the Municipality as per the Municipal Decree of 1880. The Government has already taken action for brining comprehensive legislation with regard to the administration of municipalities and commune panchayats. The same is the case with regard to public health. The existing provisions are found to be inadequate and insufficient especially in the changed set up. Hence it is considered necessary to have a separate and consolidated legislation for the advancement and administration of public health in the Union territory more or less on the lines of similar legislation existing in other States like Tamil Nadu and also based on a model Bill circulated by the Government of India as early as 1963. The proposed legislation inter-alia deals with the constitution of Public health and the powers that are to be vested in the Government and other local bodies for proper maintenance of water supply, sanitary conveniences and other such allied matters. It also contains provisions for the prevention, notification and treatment of communicable diseases, food sanitation and the precautions to be taken by appropriate authorities with respect to the sanitation in ordinary circumstances and also in connection with fairs, festivals etc. It is felt that only with such statutory backing the Government can clothe itself with sufficient powers for maintaining public health in all its respects. The Bill seeks to achieve the objects referred to above. ________