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I think it is most desirable
that a Magistrate's order should be obtained
before any leper is removed to and detained
in a leper asylum, hospital, or settlement;
and I do not consider, therefore, that the
Hong Kong Leper Ordinance, 1935, is suitable
in this respect as a model for Malaya.
I asked Mr.Thompson to see if the
Library could find some legislation in which
a Magistrate's detention order was required,
and he has referred me to:
(1) The Transvaal Leprosy Ordinance
(No.23 of 1904) at page 1290 of the
volume headed "Transvaal Statute
Law, Edition of 1910-11".
(2) The Leprosy Proclamation (Basutoland)
1913 (No.41 of 1913).
(3) The Mauritius Public Health Ordinance
1925, Part VI, (No.47 of 1925); and
(4) The Fiji Leper Ordinance,1911,
(No.7 of 1911).
Perhaps the best course would be
to send the Straits Settlements and the
Federated Malay States copies of the above
laws so that they can consider, in the light
of them, the general form of leper legislation
which would be most suitable for Malaya.
Whatever the ultimate general
form of such legislation may be, it should
include suitable provisions regarding the
issue of detention orders by Magistrates
on the lines of those contained e.g. in
Awad
the Transvaal er Mauritius Ordinances
I should like to see provision also made
and
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