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

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