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2 and 4. Besides the some provisions of the Constitution, the Government of India took recourse to Article 256 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the Center can give directions on how to implement laws made by Parliament. The Center also took recourse to two other laws which provide the Center and the States the statutory basis for acting against the pandemic namely the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 is an Act to provide for the better prevention of the spread of Dangerous Epidemic Diseases. Disaster Management Act, 2005 mandates setting up a three-tier Disaster Management Authority at the National, State and District level to formulate a disaster plan for its level.

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