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CHAPTER IV.
(1)-REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF INWARD-BOUND
VESSELS UNDER THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT, 1897.
(G.O., No. 745, Marine, dated 23rd August 1897; Notification
No. 163, "Fort St. George Gazette," dated 31st August
1897, Part I, pages 1117 to 1119.)
IN exercise of the powers delegated to him by the Governor-
General in Council under section 2, sub-section (3), of the
Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, His Excellency the Governor
in Council is pleased to prescribe, under the said Epidemic
Diseases Act, the following temporary Regulations to be
observed in all ports of the Madras Presidency. These
Regulations will supersede those now in force and which are
published on pages 601-604, Part I of the Fort St. George
Gazette of the 11th May 1897:-
1. In these regulations-
(1) "Vessel" includes anything made for the con-
Definitions. veyance by water of human beings or of
property.
(2) "Port officer" includes any person acting under
the authority of Government in charge of port discipline.
(3) "Master" when used in relation to any vessel
means any person (except a pilot or harbour master) having
for the time being the charge or control of the vessel.
(4) "Sanitary authority" means the Collector of the
district, and the Municipal Council or Local Board, the area
under whose jurisdiction includes or abuts on any part of a
customs port. Where a customs port is included within or
abuts on the jurisdiction of more than one of the authorities
above-mentioned, the Governor in Council shall appoint
which of them shall be the Sanitary authority for the purpose
of these Regulations, or he may distribute among them, in
such manner as he may deem fit, the duties imposed by these
Regulations. The jurisdiction of every Sanitary authority
shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, extend to sea-
ward for a distance of three miles beyond low water mark on
all parts of the coast line bounding the area ordinarily under
its jurisdiction.