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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.

4. Any person detained as a leper in a leper asylum Lepers may may by the special permission of the Governor erect or build cause to be erected for himself a dwelling house at his own separate

dwellings proper expense within the limits of the leper asylum in for their which he is detained subject to such conditions as to plan, own use. site, drainage, and otherwise as to the Governor shall seem

fit.

5. It shall be the duty of every person having knowledge Duty of per- of a leper or a person reasonably suspected of being a leper sous to give in any place outside the limits of any leper asylum to give information information thereof to the officer in charge of a Police of existence

of lepers. Station, and such officer shall forthwith report the same to the Principal Civil Medical Officer.

6. Every person wilfully neglecting to give such Penalty. information as aforesaid, and every police officer wilfully neglecting to report the same as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction for each

such offence to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

7. On the receipt of such report as aforesaid the Inquiry into Principal Civil Medienl Officer shall forthwith forward cases of such report to the Colonial Secretary for the information leprosy. of the Governor, and such inspection and examination of the alleged leper shall be held and such report made thercon as the Governor shall order, or as shall be from time to time prescribed by such general regulations in that behalf as shall from time to time be made under section 13 of this Ordinance.

to be remov-

8. After such inspection, examination, and report as Power of aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he shall Governor to think fit, to order the leper or alleged leper to be removed order lepers to and detained in a leper asylum. Provided always that ed to and no person shall be removed to or detained in a leper asylum detained in unless he has first been certified to be suffering from the asylum. disease of leprosy by two qualfied medical practitioners, one of whom shall be either the Principal Civil Medical Officer of the Colony or a medical practitioner appointed by the Governor, hy writing under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, to inquire into cases of suspected leprosy for the purposes of this Ordinance.

effective

9.-(1.) No such order for removal or detention as in Lepers able the last preceding section mentioned shall be made if the to provide leper or alleged leper shall in the opinion of the Governor isolation and be able to provide for himself at his own place of aboile medical effective isolation and medical treatment, and shall within treatment, the time prescribed by the Governor carry out such not remov- directions as the Governor may give for securing such able to isolation, but in every such case it shall be lawful for the asylum. Governor from time to time to prescribe rules for observance may pres- by such leper or alleged leper in order to secure such cribe rules.

isolation.

(2.) In the event of the disregard or breach of any such rules the Governor may under section 8 order such leper or alleged leper to he removed to and detained in a leper asylum.

Governor

Governor may order

removal on breach of rules.

without

10. No person detained as a leper in a leper asylum Lepers not shall leave the asylum without the permission in writing to leave of the officer in charge, and every person acting in con- asylum travention of this section shall be guilty of an offence, permission. and shall be liable ou conviction for each such offence, to Penalty. imprisonment without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months.

11. Every person found within the limits of a leper No person to asylum without the written permission of the Principal enter leper Civil Medical Officer or without lawful authority shall be asylum guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction for each such offence to a fine not execeding fifty dollars. Tenalty.

without permission.

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