LEPERS.
No. 24 of 1910.
1827
without
11. Every person found within the limits of a leper asylum without the written permission of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, or without lawful authority, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
Officer and officer in
12. The Principal Civil Medical Officer shall have and exercise all the powers of a magistrate with respect to all offences committed by persons detained as lepers in a leper asylum. And it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint any medical officer having charge of any leper asylum to have and exercise all the powers of a magistrate therein. Every decision given under this section shall be subject to the same rights of appeal as the decisions of a magistrate.
powers of
13. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations for any of the following purposes:-
(1) the inspection, examination, and removal of lepers to a leper asylum;
(2) the proper management and sanitation of leper asylums;
(3) the discipline and good order of the inmates of leper asylums;
(4) the custody and imprisonment within such asylums of lepers accused of and found guilty of offences;
(5) regulating the sittings and procedure of courts to be held under this Ordinance; and
(6) generally, for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance, and for the well-being of such asylums and the inmates thereof.
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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.
regulations.
14. (1) No person, not being a subject of His Majesty, suffering from leprosy shall enter the Colony.
(2) The Governor in Council may, by order, prohibit any leper, not being a subject of His Majesty who enters the Colony from residing or being within the Colony for such
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924,
of leper immigration.
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LEPERS.
No. 24 of 1910.
1827
without
11. Every person found within the limits of a leper asylum No person to without the written permission of the Principal Civil Medical enter asylum Officer, or without lawful authority, shall upon summary permission, conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
Officer and
officer in
12. The Principal Civil Medical Officer shall have and Principal exercise all the powers of a magistrate with respect to all Civil Medical offences committed by persons detained as lepers in a leper medical asylum. And it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint charge of any medical officer having charge of any leper asylum to asylum to have and exercise all the powers of a magistrate therein. exercise Every decision given under this section shall be subject to magistrate. the same rights of appeal as the decisions of a magistrate.
powers of
13. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make Regulations. regulations for any of the following purposes :-
(1) the inspection, examination, and removal of lepers to a leper asylum;
(2) the proper management and sanitation of leper asylums; (3) the discipline and good order of the inmates of leper asylums;
(4) the custody and imprisonment within such asylums of lepers accused of and found guilty of offences ;
(5) regulating the sittings and procedure of courts to be held under this Ordinance; and
(6) generally, for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance, and for the well-being of such asylums and the inmates thereof.
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Every person acting in contravention of any regulation Penalty for shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceed breach of ing fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.
regulations.
14. (1) No person, not being a subject of His Majesty, Prohibition suffering from leprosy shall enter the Colony.
(2) The Governor in Council may, by order, prohibit any leper, not being a subject of His Majesty who enters the Colony from residing or being within the Colony for such
* As amended by Law Rev, Orl., 1924,
of leper im- migration.
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