VACCINATION.
No. 2 of 1890.
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12.—(1) There shall be kept at each local vaccination station or Registration place appointed under this Ordinance a register of all persons vaccinated by a Public Vaccinator.
(2) The register shall be called "The Public Vaccinator's Register," and the entries therein shall be made at the time of vaccination by the Public Vaccinator according to the form and particulars in form 1 in the schedule.
(3) The Public Vaccinator at each station shall, once in every month, cause a return to be made of all such entries to the Head of the Sanitary Department who shall preserve the same.
vaccinated publicly.
parent or
guardian of
child.
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13.—(1) Where any child after 6 months from its birth, whether born within the Colony or not, is found to be resident within the Colony, and the parent or guardian of the child has failed to satisfy the Head of the Sanitary Department of the successful vaccination or of the unfitness for successful vaccination of the child, or of the insusceptibility of successful vaccination of the child, he shall serve on the parent or guardian, as the case may be, a written notice in form 5 in the schedule.
(2) If, within one month after receipt of such notice, the parent or guardian has not produced to the Head of the Sanitary Department a proper certificate, he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 5 dollars, and if he afterwards continues to refuse or neglect to cause the child to be vaccinated, he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars : Provided always that no parent or guardian shall be liable to any penalty for not having his child vaccinated at any time between 1st May and 30th September in any year.
14. Every person who-
(1) produces or attempts to produce, in himself or in any other person, by inoculation with variolous matter or by wilful exposure to variolous matter; or
(2) wilfully, by any other means whatsoever, produces the disease of small-pox,
shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
* As amended by No. 15 of 1909 and No. 50 of 1911.
As amended by No. 15 of 1909, No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911,
Penalty for inoculation.