Act No. 1953 Section 3

Section 3

SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act the parents, sisters, sons, and daughters shall be considered the family of a leaper, and it shall be the duty of the district health officer to ascertain and assure himself such relationship in every instance before carrying out the provisions of this Act.

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