Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe guidelines also mandated the wearing of face masks in public places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MHA has made spitting punishable with a fine under Section 51 (b) of the Disaster Management Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spitting in public has been already made an offence under municipal laws in various cities. This has been hardly taken seriously by the people in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Measures have been taken by the Municipal corporations of Delhi and several other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand have already issued orders to ban tobacco products and spitting in public places amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MHA imposed a strict ban on the sale of liquor, ‘gutka’, tobacco, etc. It strictly prohibited spitting in public places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The directives shall be implemented by district magistrates through fines and penal action given under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone refusing to comply with the order of government orders under the Disaster Management Act will result in imprisonment up to one year or a fine, or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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