ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1883 . 1751
Merchant Shipping Consolidation.
If the vessel arrives from a port or place where cholera or choleraic diarrhoea
prevailed at the time of its departure, or if there has been any case of any such disease
on board the vessel, or any death therefrom, the vessel shall not be released from
quarantine until 3 clear days have elapsed since the date of the vessel's departure from
such port or place, or since any person was suffering from or died from any such disease
on board such vessel, as the case may be.
9. If any vessel in the waters of this Colony is known to have any case of any
infectious or contagious disease on board, or is a vessel which in the opinion of the
Health Officer ought according to these regulations to be in quarantine , the Health Officer
may order such vessel into quarantine, and the master or person in charge of such vessel
shall thereupon hoist the quarantine flag upon such vessel and remove the vessel to the
quarantine anchorage, and all the regulations applicable in relation to vessels in quarantine
shall apply to such vessel .
10. In case of a death happening on board any vessel in quarantine, or ordered into
quarantine, or in the Lazaretto, 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 orders
as the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body.
11. When any quarantined vessel is in the waters of the Colony, no person shall
leave the vessel, or hold communication from the vessel with the shore, or with any other
vessel or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the vessel, until the
express written permission 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 been observed.
12. When any vessel is in quarantine, no person other than the Health Officer or
persons in his boat shall approach within 30 yards of such vessel, or hold any communi
cation with such vessel, or with any person on board of it, or receive or take any person
or thing whatever 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.
13. No person placed in the Lazaretto shall leave the same, or hold communication
with any vessel or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the Laz
aretto without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer,
and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
14. No person other than the Health Officer, or persons expressly deputed by him,
shall enter the Lazaretto or approach within 30 yards of the boundaries thereof, or hold
communication with the Lazaretto or with any person in it, or receive or take anything
whatever directly or indirectly from the Lazaretto or from any person in it without
having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing
such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
15. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officers that he may appoint for
the purpose of enforcing quarantine, may order any person leaving or coming from any
vessel that is in quarantine or from the Lazaretto, or taking or sending any person or