MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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11. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officer whom he may appoint for the purpose, may order any person leaving or coming from any infected or suspected vessel, or taking or sending any person or thing whatsoever from any such vessel, to remain in, or return to, and to return to, such vessel and may, by such necessary force as the case requires, compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same.
12. Nothing in these regulations shall render liable to detention, disinfection, or destruction any article being part of any mails conveyed under the authority of the postal administration of any Government, or shall prejudicially affect the delivery in due course of any such mail to the Post Office.
13. Where a vessel has passengers on board who are in a filthy or otherwise unwholesome condition, or is overcrowded with passengers, emigrants or otherwise, the Health Officer may, if in his opinion it is desirable with a view to checking the introduction of any infectious or contagious disease, and on his certifying to that effect, order such vessel to proceed to the Quarantine Anchorage or to such place as he may direct, and may detain under observation or surveillance the passengers and crew for such period, not exceeding 10 days from the arrival of the vessel, as he may direct; and if the vessel is also an infected or a suspected vessel, the measures prescribed in regulations 6 (1) and 6 (2) of these regulations respectively may also be enforced.
14. Any costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, who is removed to any hospital or place from any vessel, under these regulations, for medical treatment or surveillance, or for the burial of any person who may die on any vessel, or of any dead body found on board any vessel, or for the cleansing and disinfection of any vessel or of the merchandise on board any vessel, or of any part of the vessel or of the merchandise, including the hire of any necessary labour, boat, junks, hulks, premises on shore, and disinfecting appliances, shall be paid to Government on demand by the owners or agents of the vessel.
15. Where any breach of any of these 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 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.
16. These regulations shall not in any way interfere with the internal management of any of His Majesty's ships or of foreign ships of war, or of ships of war, or with their freedom to proceed to sea, whenever the officer in command deems such course requisite.
17. (1) These regulations (with the exception of regulations 13 and 14) shall not apply to any vessel which has on board a surgeon or medical officer subject to who is entered on the articles of agreement or any similar document, if after entering the waters of the Colony the master of the vessel signs a certificate, in Form No. 1 in Appendix A of this Table to the effect that there has been no sickness of an infectious or contagious nature on board such vessel within a period of twelve days previous to the date of arrival of the vessel with a surgeon on board.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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11. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officer whom he may [Table I appoint for the purpose, may order any person leaving or coming from auy contd.] infected or suspected vessel, or taking or sending any person or thing Police to whatsoever from any such vessel, to remain in, or return to, and to return prevent such persons or things to, such vessel and may, by such necessary force as tion. the case requires, compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same.
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12. Nothing in these regulations shall render liable to detention, Exemption disinfection, or destruction any article being part of any mails conveyed of postal under the authority of the postal administration of any Government, or matter. shall prejudicially affect the delivery in due course of any such mail to the Post Office.
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14. Any costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government for Costs and the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's expenses of articles or not, who is removed to any hospital or place from any vessel, medical under these regulations, for medical treatment or surveillance, or for the of person burial of any person who may die on any vessel, or of any dead body found removed to on board any vessel, or for the cleansing and disinfection of any vessel or of hospital, etc. the merchandise on board any vessel, or of any part of the vessel or of the merchandise, including the hire of any necessary labour, boat, junks, hulks, premises on shore, and disinfecting appliances, shall be paid to Government on demand by the owners or agents of the vessel.
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15. Where any breach of any of these regulations is committed, all the Liability of persons assisting in any way in the commission of such breach and the all persons master or other person having the control of any vessel or boat on board concerned of which such breach has been committed, or which has been in any regulations. way engaged in the commission of such breach, shall be severally answerable for such breach, and shall be deemed guilty of the same.
16. These regulations shall not in any way interfere with the internal Exemption management of any of His Majesty's ships or of foreign ships of war, or of ships of with their freedom to proceed to sea, whenever the officer in command deem such course requisite.
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17. (1) These regulations (with the exception of regulations 13 and 14) Exemption shall not apply to any vessel which has on board a surgeon or medical officer subject to who is entered on the articles of agreement or any similar document, if after certain con- entering the waters of the Colony the master of the vessel signs a certificate, vessel with in Form No. 1 in Appendix A of this Table to the effect that there has been no sickness of an infectious or contagious nature on board such vessel board. within a period of twelve days previous to the date of arrival of the vessel
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