Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897

Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Imperial Legislative Council
	Long title An Act to provide for the better prevention of the spread of Dangerous Epidemic Diseases. ;
Citation	Act No. 3 of 1897
Territorial extent	whole of India
Enacted by	Imperial Legislative Council
Assented to	4 February 1897
Commenced	4 February 1897
Amended by
	Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914); Devolution Act 1920 (38 of 1920); Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 (34 of 2020); This Act has also been amended in its application to various regions and states such as the Epidemic Diseases (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1944 etc. and the extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. etc.
Keywords
	epidemic, disease
	Status: In force (amended)

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The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 is a law which was first enacted to tackle bubonic plague in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in former British India. The law is meant for containment of epidemics by providing special powers that are required for the implementation of containment measures to control the spread of the disease.