CO129-567-11 Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance- 1936- proposed new regulations 28-10-1938 - 19-5-1939 — Page 14

HONG KONG,

Ordinance No.7 of 1936.

QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE.

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In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section. 8 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance No.7 of

1936, the Governor in Council hereby makes the following regula-

tions:-

1.

These regulations may be cited as the Quarantine (Measures

on Departure) Regulations, 1938.

2. Whenever smallpox in epidemic form or plague, cholera, yellow fever or typhus exists in the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by notification in the Gazette from

time to time to declare that and the provisions of regulation 3 of these regulations shall have effect, and shall continue in force until suspended by the Governor in Council by a subsequent

notification in the Gazette.

3. Before the departure from the Colony of all vessels and aircraft, except such vessels or aircraft as the Director of Medical Services may specifically exempt

(a)

(b)

(c)

(a)

(e)

the vessel or aircraft, especially the parts liable to contamination shall be thoroughly cleansed;

the passengers and the crew shall be inspected by a Health Officer and shall produce such evidence of recent

vaccination against smallpox or inoculation against cholera or other disease as such officer may require;

any person showing signs of one of the diseases named in regulation 2 and all persons in such close relation to a person known to be infected as to render them liable to transmit the infection of such disease, shall leave the vessel or aircraft at the request of any

Health Officer;

personal effects which are not reasonably clean shall

be removed from the vessel or aircraft at the request

of any Health Officer;

any Health Officer who has reason to suspect the