Amendment
of Ordinance No. 7 of 1936, s. 58.
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 7 of 1936, s. 60.
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 7 of 1936, s. 69.
Amendment
No. 7 of 1936, s. 70.
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6. Section 58 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance, 1936, is amended by the deletion of the first three lines thereof and by the substitution of the follow- ing words therefor :-
"Vessels or aircraft which have, or have had during the voyage, a case of smallpox on board shall be subjected to the following measures:-
7. Section 60 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance, 1936, is amended by the deletion of the first three lines thereof and by the substitution of the follow- ing words therefor :-
"Vessels or aircraft which have, or have had during the voyage, a case of typhus on board shall be subjected to the following measures:
8. Section 69 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance, 1936, is amended by the deletion of the words "plague, cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, typhus, cerebro-spinal meningitis, measles, chicken-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, enteric, puerperal fever or rabies" and by the substitution therefor of the words "any infectious disease".
9. Section 70 of the Quarantine and Prevention of of Ordinance Disease Ordinance, 1936, is amended by the deletion of the words "plague, cholera, smallpox or cerebro-spinal meningitis' and by the substitution therefor of the words "any infectious disease".
Amendment
No. 7 of
1936, s. 71.
10. Section 71 of the Quarantine and Prevention of of Ordinance Disease Ordinance, 1936, is amended by the deletion of the words "plague, cholera, smallpox or such other epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease as may from time to time be duly notified in the Gazette," and by the substitution therefor of the words "any infectious disease".
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 7 of
1936, s. 72.
11. Section 72 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance, 1936, is amended by the deletion of the words", contagious or communicable ̈.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The objects of clauses 2, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this Bill are to substitute the words "any infectious disease" for the lists of infectious diseases set out in sections 69, 70 and 71 of the principal Ordinance, to transfer to the definition of "Infectious disease" in section 2 (1) the diseases mentioned in section 69 which are not already in the definition, and to delete from sections 71 and 72 the references to "epidemic", "endemic", "contagious" and "communicable" diseases, as these four words are not defined in section 2 (1) and are not necessary in view of the amended definition given
"Infectious disease".
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