of arranging for
arranging for observation
02
surveillance, presently
: the latter, in the case of
the remainder, that is,
ship's not
6
engaged in
infected
the emigrant traffic.
also consider
that the quarantine regulations should in
Case
be brought into
closer agreement with
**
section 8 of Chapter II of
Chapter
The Convention. It
one
of the main
object
of this Convention to
prevent local officers from being endowed with
large and ill-defined
powers
and it is
especially
to limit the
unrestricted
powers
given
to the health officer in
Hong Kong by
clear definition of his duties,
for instance by substituting
"shall"
for "may
6(6) and
7
"may" in rules and by specifying
the
exact
the
maximum period
of detention allowable in
Case
of each disease
in rules 2 and 3.
In drawing
the
regulations it
would be desirable to
adhere
as far as practicable to the actual terms of the Venice
Convention and in
in particular
to accept without modification
the definitions
definitions as to a
healthy, suspected