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AP Government enforces Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 to contain COVID19 spread
The AP government enforced the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in the State, as the Union Government directed, on Monday.
Amaravati: The AP government enforced the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in the State, as the Union Government directed, on Monday. In order to contain the rapidly spreading pandemic COVID19, the State government announced that it will implement this Act very seriously. The Government sounded high alert and instructed the public to follow the guidelines being issued from time to time by the Medical and Health Department.
This Act empowers the police to lodge criminal cases against the violators.
Director General of Police Damodar Goutam Sawang said that under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 188, 269, 270 and 271, the police will lodge cases against the violators, while dealing with the Coronavirus control in the State.
In a statement on Monday, Sawang explained that the IPC Section 188 says that Violation of order promulgated by the Government is a cognizable offence. When the police lodges case under this section, the offenders will get bail.
The IPC Section 269 IPC says that negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life is a bailable cognizable offence. For this violation, there is a provision of imprisonment for 6 months or fine, or both.
Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life, will have a punishment upto imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both under IPC section 270. It is a bailable but cognizable offence.
For the offence of knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule, the violators will be punished with 6 month imprisonment or fine or both, under IPC section 271. This is non-cognizable.
The police can arrest the accused persons without warrant in the case of cognizable offences. In the case of non cognizable offences, the police can arrest accused persons with a warrant issued by respective courts.
It is worth mentioning that, the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, in his Sunday's media conference clearly stated that the state is under lockdown till March 31 and urged the people to cooperate with the government to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. At present, the virus has been spreading rampantly across the globe.
