Section 414 in The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981
414. Power to order removal of patients to hospital.
(1)If, in the case of any person in a hospital, it appears to the officer in charge of it that such person is suffering from an infectious disease, or if, in the case of any other person, it appears to the health officer or assistant health officer whether on a certificate signed by a medical practitioner registered under the Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act, 1914 (Tamil Nadu Act IV of 1914) or otherwise that such person is suffering from an infectious disease, and-(a)is without proper lodging or accommodation; or(b)is lodged in a place occupied by more than one family; or(c)is without medical supervision directed to prevent the spread of the disease;and if such officer in charge, health officer or assistant health officer, as the case may be, considers, that such person should be removed to a hospital or other place at which patients suffering from such disease are received for medical treatment, he may remove such person or cause him to be removed to the said hospital or place;Provided that if any such person is a female, she shall not be removed to any such hospital or place unless the same has accommodation of a suitable kind set apart from the portions assigned to males.(2)If any female, who, according to custom, does not appear in public, be removed to any hospital or place under sub-section (1),-(a)the removal shall be effected in such a way as to preserve her privacy;(b)special accommodation suited to such custom shall be provided for her in such hospital or place; and(c)a female relative shall be allowed to remain with her.(3)Whoever obstructs the removal of a person under this section shall be deemed to have committed an offence punishable under section 269 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860).
