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Punishment in" Epidemic Diseases Act,1897" and ''Indian penal Code'' to fight epidemic disease .

     Punishment in" Epidemic Diseases Act,1897" and ''Indian penal Code''                                            to fight epidemic disease .              A 123 years old Law,The Epidemic Disease Act,1897 enacted with just four sections in two pages on 4th February  1987 to stop the spread of bubonic plague outbreak in region of Bombay now known as Mumbai is the act waging war against novel Covid-19  Epidemic diseases act,1897 has been imposed in most parts of India       History of Misuse and Use    The Act was also Misused by Britishers for ulterior motives to restrict the freedom fighters movement and to confine them in a specific region.     The act has also been used in Independent India from time to time,Recently in 2018 it was invoked to control cholera spread in A...