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Transfer or exposure of infected articles prohibited.
Diseased
persons not
to be carried in public
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78. No person shall knowingly give, lend, sell, pawn, transmit, remove or expose any bedding, clothing or other articles which have been exposed to the risk of infection. Removal with proper precautions by a Health Officer shall not be deemed an offence against this section.
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79. Except on the requisition of a Health Officer or police officer no owner, driver or person in charge of a public conveyance shall permit any person suffering from conveyances. infectious disease to enter such conveyance, nor shall any infected person enter a public conveyance except with the permission of a Health Officer.
Impress.
ment of
vehicles and beasts.
80. A Health Officer may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, temporarily impress motor cars, carts, or other vehicles ordinarily let for hire with the beasts (if any) necessary to draw them and may engage the services of drivers, labourers or coolies. The owner of any vehicle so impressed shall not be entitled to claim more than a reasonable sum for the use thereof. All such vehicles shall be disinfected before being returned to their
owners.
Conditions under which infectious
(d) Isolation of Infected Person in his own Premises.
81.-(1) If in the opinion of a Health Officer any person suffering from an infectious disease can be properly attended in his own home without danger to others, the Health Officer may order that such person shall be detained and own houses. treated there and the premises isolated.
cases can
be isolated in their
(2) Every such order shall be in writing and signed by the Health Officer.
(3) A copy of such order in English and Chinese shall forthwith be posted up in a conspicuous position on or near the patient's house, and a copy shall also be sent to the nearest police station.
(4) After the posting up of any such order and so long as the same remains in force no person, except the Health Officer or any person authorised by the Health Officer in that behalf, shall enter or leave the isolated house or remove any furniture, bedding, clothing or articles therefrom.
(5) Any person may approach the isolated house for the purpose of delivering food or medicine to the persons confined in the house or of removing their excreta but may not enter such house.
(6) The Health Officer may in his discretion disinfect any person, furniture, bedding, clothing or other articles in the isolated house and may thereupon permit such person or thing to leave or be removed from the house.
(7) When satisfied that the need for isolation no longer exists the Health Officer shall remove the order posted up as aforesaid and thereupon such order shall be deemed to be cancelled.
(8) Notice of such cancellation shall be sent to the nearest police station by the Health Officer.
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