Section 146. Penalty for letting infected houses.

Every person knowingly letting a house or other building or part of a house or building in which any person has been suffering from an infectious disease, without, having such house, or other building or part thereof and all articles therein liable to retain infection disinfected to the satisfaction of the municipality, shall be liable to a penalty which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and more than one thousand rupees. Explanation.–– For the purpose of this section, a hotel or lodging housekeeper shall be deemed to let part of his house to any person admitted as a guest into his hotel or lodging house.