Repeal of sections 17. 21 and 30 and of Part III.
Amand-
ment of section
3(1).
(b) by the deletion of the words "disinsectise" and "disinsectisation" wherever they occur and the sub- stitution therefor in each case of the following-
"disinsect" and "disinsecting";
(c) by the deletion of the word "observation" wherever it occurs and the substitution therefor in each case of the following-
"'isolation";
(d) by the deletion of the word "rat" wherever it occurs and the substitution therefor in each case of the following-
"'rodent".
3. Sections 17, 21 and 30, and Part III of the principal Ordinance are repealed.
Subsection (1) of section 2 of the principal Ordinance is
amended-
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(a) by the deletion of the definition of "circumscribed case (b) by the deletion of the definitions of "infected area" and "infected place" or "infected port" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"'infected area" means any area which has been certified by the Director of Medical and Health Services to be an infected area from the date of the certificate until the date of the cancellation thereof; "infected place" or "infected part" means any place or port which has been certified by the Director of Medical and Health Services to be an infected place or port from the date of the certificate until the date of the cancellation thereof;";
(c) by the deletion of the definition of "port health officer"; (d) by the insertion after the definition "quarantine anchor-
age" of the following new definition~~ ***quarantinable disease" means any of the following diseases, namely, plague, cholera, yellow fever, Lyphus, smallpox and relapsing fever;";
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(e) by the insertion after the definition of quarantine
station" of the following new definition-
""relapsing fever" means louse-barne relapsing
fever;";
( by the insertion after the definition of "surveillance" of
the following new definition-
"typhus" means louse-borne typhus;".
5. Subsection (2) of section z of the principal Ordinance is Amend amended-
(4) by the insertion in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of para- graph (a) before the word "plague" in each case of the following
"human"; and
(b) by the addition at the end thereof of the following-
**(d) in respect of smallpox-
(i) if there is a case of smallpox on board; (ii) if there has been a case of smallpox on board during the voyage;
(e) in respect of typhus-
(i) if there is a case of typhus on board;
(ii) if there has been a case of typhus on board within the preceding fourteen days previous to arrival;
(A) in respect of relapsing fever-
(1) if there is a case of relapsing fever on board;
(i) if there has been a case of relapsing fever on board during the eight days previous to arrival.'
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ment of section 212).
8.
amended-
Subsection (3) of section z of the principal Ordinance is Amend- ment of gection
2(3),
(a) by the insertion in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (4)
before the word "plague" of the following-
"human"'; and