No. 2 of 1890.
VACCINATION.
Registration of certificate of unfitness
2 months until the child has been successfully vaccinated; and the renewal shall be indorsed on the certificate and dated as of the date of such renewal, and shall be signed by the medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator granting the further certificate.
(3) The production of such certificate of unfitness for successful vaccination shall be a sufficient defence against any complaint which may be brought against the parent or guardian for non-compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of the non-vaccination of the child.
(4) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint some medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator whose duty it shall be to examine gratuitously children on whose behalf are claimed certificates of unfitness for successful vaccination under this section, and to grant or withhold such certificates in his discretion.
8. Every certificate granted under the last section shall, on the granting and on any renewal thereof, be brought within 7 days for registration by the parent or guardian of the child to the Head of the Sanitary Department, and he shall enter the particulars of the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose.
Giving and effect of certificate of insusceptibility of successful vaccination.
9. If any medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator finds that a child whom he has three times unsuccessfully vaccinated is insusceptible of successful vaccination, or that a child brought to him for vaccination has already had the small-pox, he shall deliver to the parent or guardian of the child a certificate in form 3 in the schedule or to the like effect, and the parent or guardian shall thenceforth not be required to cause the child to be vaccinated.
10. Such parent or guardian shall, within 7 days after the date of such certificate, lodge the same with the Head of the Sanitary Department, who shall enter in the Register of Births the word "Insusceptible" opposite the name of the child, and the notice mentioned in section 13 shall not be served.
Registration of child vaccinations.
11. The Head of Sanitary Department shall enter in the Registry of Births the word "Vaccinated" opposite the name of every child whose vaccination has been certified.
* As amended by No. 15 of 1909 and No. 50 of 1911.
† As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
§ As amended by No. 15 of 1909, No. 19 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
¶ As amended by No. 15 of 1909 and No. 1 of 1912.