Lepers Act : ARREST OF PAUPER LEPERS Indian Bare Acts :

Lepers Act,1898

Act No : 3

Section : ARREST OF PAUPER LEPERS

SECTION 06: ARREST OF PAUPER LEPERS

(1) Within any local area which has been specified under section 3-any police officer 14[or any other person specially empowered by the 14[State Government] by order in writing in this behalf] may arrest without a warrant any person who appears to him to be a pauper leper.

(2) Such police officer 14[or other person] shall forthwith take or send the person so arrested to the nearest convenient police station.