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other person acting in pursuance of such a warrant, he shall be guilty of an
offence under this Part of this Act.
3.—An infant, in respect of which notice is required to be given under this
Part of this Act, shall not, without the written sanction of the local authority
he kept—
(a) by any person from whose care any infant has been removed under
this Part of this Act or the Infant Life Protection Act, 1897 ; or
(b) in any premises from which any infant has been removed under this
Part of this Act by reason of the premises being dangerous or insanitary,
or has been removed under the Infant Life Protection Act, 1897,
by reason of the premises being so unfit as to endanger its health ; or
(c) by any person who has been convicted of any offence under Part II.
of this Act or under the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1904 ;
and any person keeping or causing to be kept an infant contrary to this section
shall be guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act.
4.—The local authority may fix the number of infants under the age of seven
years which may be kept in any dwelling in respect of which a notice has been
received under this Part of this Act, and any person keeping any infant in
excess of the number so fixed shall be guilty of an offence under this Part of
this Act.
5.—(1) If any infant in respect of which notice is required to be given
under this Part of this Act is kept—
(a) in any premises which are overcrowded, dangerous, or insanitary; or
(ft) by any person who, by reason of negligence, ignorance, inebriety,
immorality, criminal conduct, or other similar cause, is unfit to have
care of it; or
(c) by any person or in any premises in contravention of any of the provisions
of this Part of this Act,
any visitor or other person appointed or authorised to execute the provisions
of this Part of this Act may apply either to a justice or to the local authority
for an order directing him to remove the infant to a place of safety until it can
be restored to its relatives or be otherwise lawfully disposed of.
(2) Any person refusing to comply with such an order upon its being produced
and read over to him, or obstructing or causing or procuring to be
obstructed the visitor or such other person in the execution thereof, shall be
guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act, and—
(a) if the order was made by a justice, the order may be enforced by the
visitor or by any constable ; and
(b) if the order was made by the local authority the visitor or other person
may apply to any justice for an order directing the removal of the
infant, which order may be enforced by the visitor or by any constable.
6. — (1) In the case of the death of any infant respecting which notice is
required to be given under this Part of this Act, the person who had the care
of the infant shall, within twenty-four hours of the death, give notice in writing
thereof to the coroner of the district within which the body of the infant ties,
an I the coroner shall hold an inquest thereon, unless a certificate under the
hand of a duly qualified medical practitioner is produced to him, certifying