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Sanitary officers to attend and assist at prosecution by sanitary authority.
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258. Every officer of a sanitary authority shall attend and assist in any prosecution instituted by such authority on receipt of an order from such authority so to attend: Provided always, that if a medical officer of the sanitary authority shall so attend and assist, he shall be entitled to remuneration from the sanitary authority at such rate as the Local Government Board shall approve, unless it shall have been agreed that the duty of affording such attendance and assistance shall be included in his salary, or that his whole time shall be occupied in the discharge of the duties of his office: and such payment shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the sanitary authority under this Act, and may be recovered as part of the costs of the prosecution.
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