Section 18 of KARNATAKA ACT NO. 26 OF 2020

regulation, notification or order made under the repealed Acts and Ordinance

shall be deemed to have done under this Act and they shall continue till new rules are made, amended or altered under this Act for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.

The above translation of Karnataka Sankramika Rogagalu Adhiniyama,

2020 (Karnataka Act 26 of 2020) shall be authoritative text in the English language under by clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India.

VAJUBHAI VALA GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA By Order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka,

(K. DW ARAKANATH BABU) Secretary to Government Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation

KARNATAKA ACT NO 02 OF 2021

(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 18

th

day of February, 2021)

THE KARNATAKA EPIDEM IC DISEASES (AM ENDMENT) ACT, 2020 (Received the assent of the Governor on the 17 th

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.

1. (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,-
   1. (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.”
   2. (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.

1. (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.”

The above translation of ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾ ಮಿಕ ರೋಗಗಳು (ತಿದ್ದು ಪಡಿ)

ಅಧಿನಿಯಮ, 2020 (2021ರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಅಧಿನಿಯಮ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 02) shall be authoritative text in English language under by clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India.

VAJUBHAI VALA GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA By Order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka,

(K. DW ARAKANATH BABU) Secretary to Government Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation