THE HONGKONG GOVTM GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 6TH AUGUST, 1884. 639
9. If any vessel in the waters of this Colony is known to have any case of infectious or contagious disease on board, or is a vessel which in the opinion of the Health Officer ought according to these regulations to be in quarantine, the Health Officer may order such vessel into quarantine, and the inaster or person in charge of such vessel shall thereupon hoist the Quarantine Flag upon such vessel and remove the vessel to the Quarantine Ground, and all the regulations applicable in relation to vessels in quarantine shall apply to such vessel.
10. In case of a death happening on board any vessel in quarantine, or ordered into quarantine, or in a Quarantine Station, the body.shall be disposed of in such manner as may be ordered by the Health Officer, and the Master of the vessel shall carry out such order as the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body.
11. When any quarantined vessel is in the waters of the Colony, no 'person shall leave the vessel or hold communication from the vessel with the shore, or with any other vessel or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the vessel, until the express written permission of the Health Officer has been communicated to the master or other person having the control of the vessel, and such precautions as the Health Officer may require have been observed.
12. When any vessel is in quarantine, no person other than the Health Officer or persons in his boat shall approach within 30 yards of such vessel, or hold any communication with such vessel, or with any person on board of it, or receive or take any person or thing whatever directly or indirectly from the vessel or from any person on board of it, without having tirst received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
13. No person placed in the Quarantine Station shall leave the same, or hold communication with any vessel or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the Quarantine Station, without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such précautions as the Health Officer may require.
14. No person other than the Health Officer, or persons expressly deputed by him, shall enter the Quarantine Station or approach within 30 yards of the boundaries thereof, or hold communication with the Quarantine Station, or with any person in it, or receive or take anything whatever directly or indirectly from the Station, or from any person in it without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
15. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officers that he may appoint for the purpose of enforcing quarantine, may order any person leaving or coming from any vessel that is in quarantine or from a Quarantine Station, or taking or sending any person or thing whatever from any such vessel or Quarantine Station to remain in or return to, and to return such persons or things to such vessel or Quarantine Station, and may by such necessary force as the case requires compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same.
16. The above regulations shall not in any way interfere with the internal management of any of Her Majesty's Ships, or with their freedom to proceed to sea whenever the Officer in command inay deem such course requisite.
17. Where any breach of any of the above regulations is committed, all the persons assisting in any way in the commission of such breach and the master or other person having the control of any vessel or boat on board of which such breach has been committed, or which has been in any way engaged in the commission of such breach shall be severally answerable for such breach, and shall be deemed guilty of the same.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 6th August, 1884.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils.
NOTICE.
The attention of Owners and Masters of Vessels is called to Rule 3 of the above Regulations, under which all vessels arriving in this Port should be furnished with clean Bills of Health.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th August, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretory.
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