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Disposal of hody dead
of infectious
or contagious disease,
No communica- tion from outside with infected" or suspected vessel.
No communica- tion with shore, etc., by "infected "
snspected" vessel.
or
Police to prevent communication.
Exemption of postal matter.
Vessel with filtby passengers, etc., to go to Quarantine Anchorage.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
8. In case of a vessel arriving in the waters of the Colony having on board the body of any person who has died from any infections or contagious disease, the body shall be disposed of in such manner as may be ordered by the Health Officer; and the Master of the vessel shall carry out such orters as the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body,
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9. No person shall leave any "infected
"suspected vessel or hold communication except by siguals from such vessel with the shore, or with any other vessel, or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatsoever out of the vessel, until the express written per- mission of the Health Officer has been communicated to the Master or other person having the control of the vessel, and such precautions as the Health Officer may require have beeu observed.
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10. No person other than the Health Officer, or persons in his boat, shall approach within 30 yards of any "infected or "suspected" vessel, or hold any communication except by signals with such vessel, or with any person on board of it, or receive, or take any person or thing whatsoever, directly or indirectly from the vessel or from any person on board of it, without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
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11. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officer whom he may appoint for the purpose, may order any person leaving or coming from any "infected"
or suspected vessel or taking or sending any person or thing whatsoever from any such vessel, to remain in, or return to, and to return such persons or things to such vessel and may, by such necessary force as the case requires, compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the
same.
19. Nothing in these regulations shall render liable to detention, disinfection, or destruction any article being part of any mails conveyed under the authority of the Postal Administration of any Government, or shall prejudicially affect the delivery in due course of any such mail to the Post Office.
13. Where a vessel has passengers on board who are in a filthy or otherwise unwholesome coudition, or is overcrowded with passengers, emigrants or otherwise, the Health Officer may, if in his opinion it is desirable with a view to checking the introduction of any infectious or contagious disease, and on his certifying to that effect, order such vessel to proceed to the Quarantine Anchorage or to such place as he may direct, and may detain under observation or surveillance the passengers and crew for such period, not exceeding 10 days from the arrival of the vessel, as he may direct and if the vessel is also an "infected" or a suspected " vessel, the measures prescribed in regula- tions 6 (8) and 6 (6) respectively may also be enforced.
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Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.
14. Any cost and expenses charged or incurred by the Govern- ment for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, who is removed to any hospital or place from any vessel, under these regulations, for medical treatment or surveillance, or for the burial of any person who may die on any vessel, or of any dead body found on board any vossel, or for the cleansing and disinfection of any vessel or of the merchandise on board any vessel, or of any part of the vessel or of her merchandise, including the hire of any necessary labour, boat, juuks, hulks premises on shore and disinfecting appliances shall be paid to the Government on demand by the owners or agents of the vessel.
15. Where any breach of any of the preceding regulations is committed, all the persons assisting in any way in the commission of such breach and the Master or other person having the control of nuy vessel or boat on board of which such breach has been committed, or which has been in any way engaged in the commission of such breach, shall be severally answerable for such breach, and shall be deemed guilty of the same,
16. The preceding regulations shall not in any way interfere with internal management of any of His Majesty's Ships or of Foreign Ships-of-War, or with their freedom to proceed to sex, whenever the officer in command may deem sich course requisite.
17.—(a) The preceding regulations (with the exception of re- gulations 13 and 14) shall not apply to any vessel which has on board. à Surgeon or Medical Officer who is entered on the articles of agree- ment or any similar document, if after entering the waters of the Colouy the Master of the vessel sigus a certificate, in form in the appendix to these regulatious, to the effect that there has been no sickness of an infectious or contagious nature on board such vessel within a period of twelve days previous to the date of arrival of the vessel within the waters of the Colony, and if the Surgeon or Medical Officer of the vessel after entering the waters of the Colony signs a certificate, in form 2 in the said appendix, to the same effect, with the addition that he has seen every person on board such vessel within the 12 hours immediately preceding his signature thereto, In default. however, of either of such certificates being signed the preceding regulations shall apply.
(b) Any Master, and any Surgeon or Medical Officer of any such vessel who signs any such certificate as aforesaid containing any false statement and any person who signs any such certificate as Surgeon or Medical Officer of the vessel when not duly entered on such articles or document as aforesaid shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of these regulations and may be proceeded against and punished accordingly,
18. The place known as the Government Observation Station a Lai Chi Kok shall be set apart as a place for the detention and seclusion of persons, whether actually suffering from disease or not arriving on board vessels subjected to quarantine.
Costs aml expenses of medical attendance
of person removed to hospital, etc.
Liability of all persons concerned for breach of regulations.
Exemption of Ships-of-War.
Exemption subject to certain conditions of vessel with surgeon on boartì.
Lai Chi Kok observation station.