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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31,
Power of entry for search and
(b) Power of Entry for Search, Examination and Detention.
1936.
75.--(1) A Health Officer may enter and search, or direct a Sanitary Inspector to enter and search, any building examination. or enclosure for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any person suffering from infectious disease or contacts therein and may cause any persons found therein to be examined in order to ascertain whether any of them are infected or have recently been infected.
Power of magistrate
officer
to enter
and inspect premises.
(2) A Health Officer may further cause any person to be detained for medical examination and may segregate in such place as he may appoint for the purpose any person found to be or suspected to be infected.
(3) A Health Officer or any officer duly authorized by him, may at any time enter any premises for the purpose of examining, and may examine, any dead body where he has reason to believe that the cause of death has not been certified by a duly qualified medical practitioner or has doubt as to the diagnosis made, and he may if he thinks fit order the removal of such body to any place if such removal is in his opinion necessary for the further examination of the body.
(4)—(a) If admission to premises for any of the purposes to authorise specified in this section is refused, any magistrate on complaint thereof on oath by any officer authorised by this section to enter and inspect premises (made after reasonable notice in writing of the intention to make the same has been given to the person having custody of the premises, if such person there be) may, by order under his hand, require the person having the custody of the premises to admit any officer entitled under this section to inspect the same into the premises, and, if no such person can be found, the magistrate shall, on oath before him of that fact, by order under his hand authorise any such officer to enter the premises.
Movement
of infectious
cases
restricted.
Exposure of infected
persons and
(b) After such order of a magistrate has been obtained, any officer authorised to inspect premises under this section may, if necessary, break into the premises named in the
order.
(c) Any order made by a magistrate under this section shall continue in force until the work for which the entry was necessary has been done.
(c) Restrictions Against the Exposure or Transport of Infected Persons or Infected Articles.
76. Except with the permission of a Health Officer no infected person shall depart from the house or place in which the disease manifested itself to any other house or place nor shall any person assist in such departure.
77.-(1) No person while suffering from an infectious disease shall expose himself in any place to which the public transfer of has access or in any other place used in common by persons other than the members of the family or household to which such infected person belongs, nor shall any person assist in such exposure.
infectious
cases except under
proper precautions prohibited.
(2) The transport of infected persons to any hospital or other place approved by the Health Officer if carried out with proper precautions shall not be deemed an offence against this section.
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