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QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 141).

PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (DECLARATION OF LEPROSY) NOTIFICATION 1965,

In exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 2 of the Preven- tion of the Spread of Infectious Diseases Regulations 1955, the Governor in Council has made the following notification-

and com-

meneetdent.

1. This notification may be cited as the Prevention of the Spread Citation of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Leprosy) Notification 1965, and shall come into operation on the day appointed for the commencement of the Lepers (Repeal) Ordinance 1965.

(14 of 1965).

2. Leprosy is declared to be included within the expression Leprosy "infectious disease" for the purposes of the Prevention of the Spread declared an of Infectious Diseases Regulations 1955.

Infectious disease. (G.N.A.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

6th April, 1965.

Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note,

(This Note is not part of the notification, but is intended to indicate is general purport).

This notification is complementary to the Lepers (Repeal) Ordinance 1965. It declares leprosy an infectious disease so that it can be dealt with under the Prevention of the Spread of Infectious Diseases Regulations 1955.

(Secretariat GR1/2961/46)

95/55).