THE KARNATAKA EPIDEMIC DISEASES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 17th day of February, 2021)
KARNATAKA ACT NO 02 OF 2021
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 18th day of February, 2021)
An Act to amend the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020 (Karnataka Act 26 of 2020) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the seventy first year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 5.- In the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020 (Karnataka Act 26 of 2020) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), in section 5,-
(i) after sub-section (3), the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“(3A) whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punished with such fine as may be prescribed in rules or in regulations, which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend up to three months or with both.”
(ii) in sub-section (4), the figure and brackets “(1)” shall be omitted.
3. Substitution of section 10.- For section 10 of the Principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“10. Composition of certain offences.- (1) Any offence punishable under the provisions of sub-section (3A) of section 5 committed before or after commencement of the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 may either before or after institution of prosecution be compounded by such officer authorised by the Government, on payment of such amount as may be notified by the Government. On such compounding, an offender, if in custody shall be discharged and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in respect of such offence.
(2) Any offence punishable under sub-section (4) of section 5, committed before or after the commencement of the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 may be compounded with permission of the court, by a person against whom such act of violence is committed.”
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