LEPERS.
CHAPTER 135.
LEPERS.
To provide for the segregation and treatment of lepers.
[14th June, 1935.]
[CAP. 135
25 of 1935.
46 of 1936. 22 of 1950.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Lepers Ordinance.
Short title.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by notification in the Gazette to appoint such places as he may think fit to be leper settlements for the segregation and treatment of lepers; and every such settlement shall comprise such area as the Governor shall define by proclamation,
Governor in Council may appoint places to be leper settlements.
3. The Governor in Council may by regulations prescribe or provide for-
Regulations.
(a) inspection, examination, and removal of lepers to a leper settlement;
(b) proper management and sanitation of leper settlements;
(c) discipline and good order of the inmates of leper settlements;
(d) provision of hospital accommodation, out-patient clinics and other facilities for the medical treatment and care of lepers;
(e) offences and penalties regarding regulations made hereunder: Provided that no penalty so prescribed shall exceed a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months;
(f) generally, the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance, and the well-being of leper settlements and the inmates thereof.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
4. If it shall be brought to the notice of the Director of Medical and Health Services (hereinafter referred to as the Director) that any person is alleged to be, or is suspected of, suffering from leprosy, he may cause an inspection and examination of the person to be held of such nature as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 3, or if there be no such appropriate regulation, then of such nature as he may deem sufficient.
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