Section 291(1) in Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920
(1)The [executive authority] [These words were substituted for the word 'chairman' by section 17(1) of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1933 (Tamil Nadu Act XV of 1933)] shall, from time to time, notify places at which conveyances, clothing, bedding, or other articles, which have been exposed to infection from any dangerous disease shall be washed or disinfected.