CO129-559-4 Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance 1936 4-2-1936 - 4-2-1936 — Page 11

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Offences generally.

Penalty.

Increased penalty for second or subsequent offence.

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diseased person, or which are suspected of being infected with disease, or which are overcrowded or otherwise in an insanitary condition ;

(g) for house to house visitation, cleansing and disinfec- tion;

(h) for the better prevention of the danger of the spread- ing of infection by rats by destroying them or minimising their numbers, and for the prevention of the passing of rats from the shore to vessels and aircraft and vice versa.

(i) for the disinfection and purification of infected vehicles;

() for the examination of the bodies of dead persons and the certification of the cause of death in cases where the cause has not been certified by a qualified medical practitioner or where there is reason to suspect that the diagnosis made is not correct;

(k) for the speedy and safe disposal of the dead; and (1) for such other matters as may appear to the Governor in Council advisable for the prevention or mitigation of disease.

(4) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and, if a resolution be passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such regulation shall be rescinded or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without pre- judice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded or amended as the case may be, as from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

9. If any person without lawful authority or excuse does or omits to do anything which, under the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, he ought not to do or omit, or if he obstructs or impedes, or assists in obstructing or impeding, any Health Officer or other officer appointed under this Ordinance or any police officer in the execution of his duty or disobeys any lawful order of any such officer as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

10. If any person is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder for which no other penalty is provided, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and, if such offence be of a continuing nature, to a further fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every day during which such offence shall continue.

11. A person convicted of any offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder who is within a period of twelve months from the date of such conviction convicted of a second or subsequent like offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months either in addition to or in lieu of the fine authorised by section 10.