MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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(c) In case of a vessel in waters of the Colony not having a private Table L. medical attendant and having any sickness on board, the nature of which the master is unable to make out, he shall at once hoist the call flag for medical assistance and take such other measures as may be necessary to inform the Health Officer of the Port and wait for his decision.
8. In case of a vessel arriving in the waters of the Colony having on board the body of any person who has died from an infectious or contagious disease, the body shall be disposed of in such manner as may be ordered by the Health Officer; and the master of the vessel shall carry out such orders as the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body.
9. No person shall leave any infected or suspected vessel, or hold communication except by signals from such vessel with the shore, or with any vessel, or boat, or take or send any person or thing from outside whatsoever out of the vessel, until the express written permission of the Health Officer has been communicated to the master or other person having the control of the vessel, and such precautions as the Health Officer may require have been observed.
10. No person other than the Health Officer, or persons in his boat, shall approach within 30 yards of any infected or suspected vessel, or hold any communication except by signals with such vessel with shore, or with any person on board of it, or receive or take any person or thing whatsoever, directly or indirectly, from the vessel or from any person on board of it, without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
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11. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officer whom he may appoint for the purpose, may order any person leaving or coming from any infected or suspected vessel, or taking or sending communication or thing whatsoever from any such vessel, to remain in, or return to, and to return such persons or things to, such vessel and may, by such necessary force as the case requires, compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same.
12. Nothing in these Regulations shall render liable to detention, disinfection, or destruction any article being part of any mails conveyed under the authority of the Postal Administration of any Government, or shall prejudicially affect the delivery in due course of any such mail to the Post Office.
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13. Where a vessel has passengers on board who are in a filthy or otherwise unwholesome condition, or is overcrowded with passengers, emigrants or otherwise, the Health Officer may, if in his opinion it is desirable with a view to checking the introduction of any infectious or contagious disease, and on his certifying to that effect, order such vessel to proceed to the Quarantine Anchorage or to such place as he may direct, and may detain under observation or surveillance the passengers and crew for such period, not exceeding 10 days from the arrival of the vessel, as he may direct; and if the vessel is also an infected or suspected vessel, the measures prescribed in regulations 6(a) and 6(b) respectively may also be enforced.