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No. 12 of 1923.
Interpreta. tion.
2. In this Ordinance,
VACCINATION.
(a) "Child" means any person under fourteen years of age; (b) "Guardian" means the father, mother or other person who for the time being has in fact the custody of any child or of any pupil in any school.
(c) "Health Officer" includes the Director of Medical Services, any medical officer appointed by the Governor as a Health Officer or Port Health Officer, and any officer for the time being performing the duties of a Health Officer or Port Health Officer;
(d) "Public vaccinator" means any person appointed by the Governor under section 3 (1) for the purpose of vaccinating persons.
Appoint- ment of public vaccinators and vaccina- tion and quarantine .stations.
Vaccinations to be performed by certain persons only.
Inoculation.
Regulations.
General.
3.-(1) The Governor may appoint any persons to be public vaccinators (with such salaries as he may determine) for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may also appoint any place within the Colony or the waters thereof for the purpose of public vaccination or to be a Government quarantine station.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Governor at any time to cancel any appointment made under this section.
4. No person unless he is either-
(a) a registered medical practitioner; or
(b) a public vaccinator
shall perform the operation of vaccination upon any other person.
5. Every person who, by inoculation with variolous matter or by wilful exposure to variolous matter or to any matter, article or thing impregnated with variolous matter, or wilfully by any other means whatsoever, produces or attempts to produce the disease of smallpox in himself or in any other person shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
6. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations in respect of—
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
1604
No. 12 of 1923.
Interpreta. tion.
2. In this Ordinance,
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VACCINATION.
(a) "Child" means any person under fourteen years of age; (b) "Guardian" means the father, mother or other person who for the time being has in fact the custody of any child or of any pupil in any school.
.
(c) "Health Officer" includes the Director of Medical Services, any medical officer appointed by the Governor as a Health Officer or Port Health Officer, and any officer for the time being performing the duties of a Health Officer or Port Health Officer;
(d) "Public vaccinator" means any person appointed by the Governor under section 3 (1) for the purpose of vaccinating persons.
Appoint-
ment of
public
vaccinators
and vaccina-
tion and quarantine .stations.
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Vaccinations to be
performed by certain
persons only.
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Inoculation.
Regulations. +
General.
3.-(1) The Governor may appoint any persons to be public vaccinators (with such salaries as he may determine) for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may also appoint any place within the Colony or the waters thereof for the purpose of public vaccination or to be a Government quarantine station.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Governor at any time to cancel any appointment made under this section.
4. No person unless he is either-
(a) a registered medical practitioner; or
(b) a public vaccinator
shall perform the operation of vaccination upon any other
person.
5. Every person who, by inoculation with variolous matter or by wilful exposure to variolous matter or to any matter, article or thing impregnated with variolous matter, or wilfully by any other means whatsoever, produces or attempts to produce the disease of smallpox in himself or in any other person shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
6. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations in respect of—
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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