PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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TTIC.O. 885
20 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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Detention of
lepere becoming a burden on those bound
to maintain them.
Removal of lepers.
Power of
Governor to
release
persons detained.
Prohibition
of dealings
with Ispers
noder detention.
Landing of lepers prohibited.
Lepers un.
lawfully landed way
be sent to
Leper Asylum. Lepers un- lawfully
landed may
be returned to the place
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7. Whenever it shall be made to appear to a Magistrate that any person within the limits of his jurisdiction is probably a leper it shall be lawful for such Magistrate upon the applica- tion of any person legally bound to maintain the supposed leper to hold an enquiry into the case and if such Magistrate is satisfied that the supposed leper is a leper and that he has become or is likely to become a burden upon the person legally bound to maintain him it shall be lawful for such Magistrate by warrant under his hand and seal to order the detention of such leper in a Leper Asylum until he is discharged by Order of the Governor and the person legally bound to maintain such leper shall pay every month to the Government during the detention of such leper such sum for his maintenance as the Magistrate having regard to all the circumstances of the case shall order.
8. The Colonial Secretary may by order in writing direct the removal of any leper from any Asylum to any other Asylum and such order shall be sufficient authority for the removal of such leper and also for his reception into the Asylum to which he is ordered to be removed.
9. The Governor may by order in writing at his absolute discretion direct the discharge from any Leper Asylum of any person detained therein as a leper under the provisions of this Ordinance and shall so direct the discharge of any person so detained upon the certificate in writing of the Medical Officer of the Asylum that such person is cured of his leprosy.
10. Every person who shall except with the written permission of the officer in charge of a Leper Asylum purchase or receive from any inmate of such Asylum any food clothing or other article shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate to fine which may amount to fifty dollars or to imprisonment which may be of either description for any period not exceeding one month or to both.
11. No leper who is not a native of the Settlement at which he proposes to land shall land at any of the ports of the Colony from any place not within the Colony or the Protected Native States or Johore and the Master or other person in charge of any vessel who suffers or omits to prevent the landing from such vessel at any such port of any person whom he knows or has reasonable grounds to suppose to be a leper shall be liable on conviction before a Court of Two Magistrates to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
12. Every leper so landing as aforesaid may be committed to a Leper Asylum by a warrant under the hand of the Governor and may be detained therein for such period as may be directed by such warrant.
13. Every leper so landing as aforesaid may be brought before a Magistrate who may examine such leper and any other witness on oath touching the place from which he was brought into the Settlement and may cause such leper to be removed to the place from which he was so brought in such manner as the Governor may direct and the reasonable cost of such removal whence they shall be borne and paid by the Master or other person in charge of the vessel by which such leper was brought to the Settlement by whose act or default such leper was permitted to land and may be sued for and recovered as money due from him to Her Majesty.
came.
Detention
of lapers.
14. Every person received into a Leper Asylum under any warrant issued under the provi- and recapture sions of this Ordinance may be detained therein until he be removed or discharged and in case of escape may by virtue of such warrant be captured by the officer in charge of such Leper Asylum or any officer or servant belonging thereto or any Police Officer and be again conveyed to and received and detained in such Leper Asylum.
Evidence required to prove leprosy.
Applications
15. No supposed leper shall be convicted of an offence under this Ordinance or shall be committed to a Leper Asylum or removed from the Colony under the provisions of this Ordin- ance and no person shall be convicted of any offence with respect to the landing and no costs shall be recovered with respect to the removal of any supposed leper except on the evidence of two qualified medical practitioners that such supposed leper is a leper.
The certificate in writing of a qualified medical practitioner shall be deemed admissible
as evidence under this section unless the Court or Magistrate shall otherwise direct,
16. (1) Any leper desirous of being admitted into a Leper Asylum may make an applica- tion to the Health Officer within any Municipality or to any Medical Officer of the Government into Asylum. if beyond the limits of any Municipality in the following form:-
by lepers for admission
Power to make Rules.
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"I the undersigned do hereby request you to cause me to be admitted into the Leper Asylum at
and I undertake to remain therein for
years at least unless sooner duly discharged and to conform to the Rules of the Leper Asylum.
Signature of Applicant.
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Signature of Witness.
"To the Health Officer of
[or To the Medical Officer of the Government at
]."
(2) The signature of the applicant to such application shall be attested by a Magistrate and such Magistrate shall not attest the signature unless he has satisfied himself that the applicant is a leper and understands the effect of the application.
(3) Such applicant after his reception into the Asylum unless discharged by order of the Governor under section nine of this Ordinance shall not be entitled to leave such Asylum until the expiration of the term mentioned in his application and such applicant may be detained therein till the expiration of such term.
171) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance the Governor in Council may make Rules in respect of all or any of the following matters:
(a) The forms of the certificates warrants and orders to be used under this Ordinance.
(b) The management inspection and control of Leper Asylums.
(c) The providing of seperate Leper Asylums for men and women and the providing of
special apartments for those lepers who are able to pay their own expenses.
(d) The visiting of lepers in Leper Asylums by their relations and friends.
(e) The appointments and duties of Officers in charge of Asylums.
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Any other matters as to which it may be expedient to make Rules for carrying into
effect the objects of this Ordinance.
Provided always that such Rules shall make provision:--
(g) For the making of monthly reports to the Governor by the Officers in charge of every Asylum with regard to the number of lepera detained therein and their condition and the requirements and conditions of such Asylum.
(h) For the visiting at least once in every six months of every Leper Asylum by the
Governor or by some Officer deputed by him.
(2) Such Rules shall be published in the "Gazette" and shall as soon as practicable be laid upon the table of the Legislative Council and unless and until disallowed by resolution of the said Council shall be of the same force as if enacted in this Ordinance.
18. Unless and until a Rule be made under sub-section (h) of section seventeen every Visitors. Leper Asylum shall be visited by the Colonial Secretary or by some other officer appointed by the Governor once at least in every six months.
19. No action suit or other proceedings shall be brought against any qualified medical Protection of practitioner for any certificate given or for thing done in good faith in pursuance of the provi- medical prao- sions of this Ordinance or of any Rule made thereunder.
titioners.
20. Any person committing any breach of this Ordinance or any infringement of any Penalties. of the provisions thereof or of any Rules made thereunder for which no penalty is expressly provided by this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and in default of payment to imprisonment for any period not exceeding one month.
21. "The Lepers Ordinance, 1898" is hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE,
List of trades or callings the carrying on of which by lepers may be prohibited by the Governor-in-Council under Section 3:
Baker. Butcher.
Cook, or any trade or calling in which the person employed handles or comes in contact with articles of food or drink, drugs, medicines, or tobacco in any form, Washerman
Tailor, or any trade or calling in which the person employed manufactures, handles,
or comes in contact with wearing apparel. Barber, or any other similar trade or calling in which the person employed comes in
contact with other persona.
Domestic servant.
Nurse.
Jinrikisha puller.
Licensed hackney carriage driver
(Government Notification No. 46,
"Government Gazette" of January 19th, page 83.) ORDER IN COUNCIL UNDER "THE LEPERS ORDINANCE, 1899.” (Dated 10th January, 1900.)
Whereas under Section 3 of "The Lepers Ordinance, 1899," the Governor in Council may from time to time by notification published in the "Gazette" by a leper of any of the trades or callings specified in the schedule attached to the said prohibit the carrying on Ordinance:
Now His Honour the Officer Administering the Government in Council has been pleased in exercise of the power conferred by the aforesaid Section to prohibit the carrying on by lepers of any of the following trades or callings :--
Baker, butcher, cook, and any trade or calling in which the person employed handles or comes in contact with articles of food or drink, drugs, medicines, or tobacco in any form.
Washerman, tailor, and any trade or calling in which the person employed manu- factures, handles, or comes in contact with wearing apparel.
Barber and any other similar trade or calling in which the person employed comes in contact with other persons.
Domestic servant, nurse, jinrikisha puller, licensed hackney carriage driver.
And it is further ordered that this prohibition shall come into force on the 1st March, 1900, and that a notification thereof shall be published in the "Gazette."
Repeal.