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[No. 10-6.4.35.-.2]

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to provide for the segregation and treatment

of lepers.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Lepers Ordinance, Short title. 1935.

appoint

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to Governor in appoint such places as he shall think fit to be leper settle- Council may ments for the segregation and treatment of lepers; and every places to such settlement shall comprise such area as the Governor be leper shall define by proclamation.

settlements,

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to Regulations. make regulations for any of the following purposes :-

(1) the inspection, examination, and removal of lepers to a leper settlement;

(2) the proper management and sanitation of leper settlements;

(5) the discipline and good order of the inmates of leper settlements;

(4) the provision of hospital accommodation, out-patient clinics and other facilities for the medical treatment and care of lepers;

(5) generally, for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance, and for the well-being of leper settlements and the inmates thereof.

Every person acting in contravention of any regulation shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.

cases of

4. If it shall be brought to the notice of the Director Inquiry into of Medical and Sanitary Services that any person is alleged alleged to be, or is suspected of, suffering from leprosy, he may leprosy. cause an inspection and examination of the person to be held of such nature as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 3, or if there be no such appropriate regulation then of such nature as he may deem sufficient.

5. (1) If after such inspection and examination the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services finds the person to be a leper and deems it necessary that he should be segregated, he may order the removal of the leper to, and his detention in, a leper settlement.

Segregation

if D.M S.S.

considers it necessary.