Section 283(1) in Gauhati Municipal Corporation Act, 1971
(1)If the Medical Officer of Health or any municipal employee authorised by him in this behalf is of opinion that the cleansing or disinfecting of any building or any part of a building, or any article therein which is likely to retain infection, or of any tank, pool or well adjacent to a building, should tend to prevent or check the spread of any dangerous disease, he may cause to be cleaned or disinfected such building or part thereof, article, tank, pool or well and may by written notice, require the occupier of such building or any part thereof to vacate the same for such time as may be specified in such notice.