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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31, 1936.
(iii) the measures that shall be applied with respect to merchandise, articles or clothing infected or suspected of being infected;
(iv) the prohibition either absolutely or conditionally of the export of merchandise, or of articles of clothing infected or suspected of being infected;
(v) precautions with regard to drinking water and food- stuffs taken on board vessels, aircraft or trains and the water taken in as ballast by vessels;
(vi) measures for the prevention of access of mosquitoes to vessels or aircraft in the case of the prevalence of yellow fever;
(vii) measures for delousing typhus suspects before em- barkation; and
(viii) measures for the disinfection of clothes and rags before packing where smallpox is prevalent;
(m) for appointing, establishing and maintaining places for the sanitary control of aerial navigation and for prescribing the sanitary measures to be taken in respect thereof;
(n) for prescribing the liability of any person to defray the expenses connected with the enforcement of this Ordin- ance or any regulation made under this Ordinance, and for regulating questions of compensation in connection there- with; and
(o) for prescribing the fine with which the contravention of any regulation made under this Ordinance shall be punish- able, but so that no such fine shall exceed five hundred dollars.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1) and for the prevention of any epidemic, endemic, contagious or communicable disease, such regula- tions may also provide--
(a) for the compulsory reporting of infectious disease;
(b) for entering and searching houses, buildings, rooms and other places in which the presence of diseased persons or persons dead of disease or contacts may be suspected and for the examination of the occupants;
(c) for prohibiting or regulating the movements of dis- eased persons or of persons suspected of being diseased or of contacts;
(d) for the removal of diseased persons or persons suspected of being diseased to hospital or other places for medical treatment, and for their detention until they can be discharged with safety to the public, and for the temporary occupation of places required for the treatment of diseased persons or for the segregation of diseased persons or contacts;
(e) for prohibiting or regulating the removal of bedding, clothing, furniture or other articles which have been in the presence of a diseased person and which are reasonably suspected of being infected, and for the disinfection or destruction of the same;
(f) for ordering the vaccination of, and for ordering or executing the cleansing and disinfection of, houses, buildings, rooms and other places which have been occupied by any
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