CAP. 275]
Venereal Disease
[1989 Ed.
11. Offences and penalty
Any--
(a) patient found by a medical practitioner to be suffering from venereal disease who furnishes to such practitioner information which such patient knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular; or
(b) contact who contravenes the provisions of a treatment notice; or (c) contact who, having given a transfer notice fails within 7 days after giving such notice to attend for and submit to medical examination by the medical practitioner named in such notice; or
(d) contact who contravenes the provisions of section 4(2) or who fails to attend for and submit to medical examination within the time prescribed for such examination in the examination notice by the medical practitioner whom he has specified as the medical practitioner upon whom he intends to attend for medical examination,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
12. Restriction upon prosecution
A prosecution for an offence shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
SCHEDULE
FORM 1
VENEREAL DISEASE ORDINANCE (Chapter 275)
Report to Deputy Director of Health
To: Deputy Director of Health,
Department of Health.
by Medical Practitioner
[s. 3]
In pursuance of section 3 of the Venereal Disease Ordinance (Cap. 275), I
(insert name of medical practitioner)
of the following particulars, namely:---
(1) Name of patient
(2) Name of disease
(3) Name or description of person from whom it is suspected that the disease was contracted
(4) Address of such person, or, if unknown, full description of place where disease was contracted
Dated this
day of
hereby give notice
19
(Signed).
Medical Practitioner
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