State Act
THE ASSAM KALA-AZAR TREATMENT ACT, 1949
This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by The Assam Repealing Act, 2022 (XXXIII); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Kala-azar Treatment Act, 1949. (2) It extends to the whole of Assam. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Provincial Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) “Kala-azar patient” means a patient who has been diagnosed as such by a registered medical practitioner, or a medical practitioner possessing a special certificate of Government for diagnosis and treatment of Kala-azar cases ; (b) “registered medical practitioner” means any person registered under the provisions of the Assam Medical Act, 1916.
3. No person shall treat or inject a Kala-azar patient for Kala-azar unless— (i) he is a registered medical practitioner, or (ii) he is a medical practitioner possessing a special certificate of Government for diagnosis and treatment of Kala-azar cases: Provided that such a Kala-azar patient may be treated or injected for Kala-azar by an unregistered practitioner under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner or a medical practitioner possessing a special certificate of Government for diagnosis and treatment of Kala-azar.
4. Whoever treats or injects a Kala-azar patient in contravention of the provisions of section 3 shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months or a fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.
5. (a) If a person commits an offence mentioned in section 4 he may be arrested without warrant by any police officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector. (b) A person so arrested shall, with the least possible delay, be taken before a Magistrate having authority to try him.
6. No Court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the second class shall try any offence under this Act.
7. The Provincial Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.