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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31, 1936.
Penalty for obstruction.
Penalty for dumping infectious corpses
Disinfection
clothing and personal effects of· cases and
(2) Any person obstructing the removal of the body for such purposes shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
91. Any person who deposits or causes to be deposited in any public or private place, other than a grave in which it may be lawfully buried, the corpse of any person who has died while suffering from an infectious disease, shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
(i) Disinfection and Cleansing.
92.-(1) The clothing, bedding and personal effects of of bedding, all persons detained or segregated or removed to a hospital or other suitable building or place under the provisions of this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder, which are infected or suspected to be infected, shall be thoroughly disinfected or may be destroyed at the discretion of a Health Officer, and no person shall be entitled as of right to recover any compensation by way of damages or otherwise for the disinfection or destruction of such articles.
contacts.
Disinfection
or destruc- tion of
infected or suspected articles.
Disinfection
of persons prior to release.
Disinfection
of infected railway carriage
and articles contained therein.
Detention of vehicles for dis- infection.
(2) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may with the sanction of the Governor give compensation for the articles destroyed.
93. (1) A Health Officer may disinfect or destroy any rags, clothing, bedding or other articles infected or suspected to be infected and no person shall be entitled as of right to recover any compensation by way of damages or otherwise for the disinfection or destruction of such articles.
(2) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may with the sanction of the Governor give compensation for the articles destroyed.
94. A Health Officer may require any person liable to observation to be disinfected before being released.
95.-(1) Whenever it appears to a Health Officer that any railway carriage has been infected by a person suffering from plague, cholera, smallpox or yellow fever, he may order the carriage to be detained at the nearest station for such time as may be necessary for the purpose of disinfecting it, or may order such carriage to be sent to another station at which disinfection may be more expeditiously carried out.
(2) Any clothing, bedding or other articles in the carriage may be disinfected or destroyed at the discretion of the Health Officer and no person shall be entitled as of right to any compensation by way of damages or otherwise for the destruction of any such articles.
(3) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may with the sanction of the Governor give compensation for the articles destroyed.
96. Whenever it appears to a Health Officer that any vehicle has been infected he may detain such vehicle for such time as may be necessary for the purpose of disinfecting it.
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