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　 To amend and consolidate the law relating to quarantine and the prevention of disease among human beings. [1 February 1936] (Originally 7 of 1936 (Cap 141 1950)) Cap 141 s 1 Short title This Ordinance may be cited as the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance. Cap 141 s 2 Interpretation Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 60 of 2000 s. 3 PART I GENERAL (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "aerodrome" (机坪) means a place set apart for the arrival and departure of aircraft and includes a place for the alighting of hydroplanes (and similar craft) on water. Whatever relates in this Ordinance to aerodromes is to be understood to apply mutatis mutandis to places for the alighting of hydroplanes (and similar craft) on water; "aircraft" (飞机) includes any machine which can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air and is intended for aerial navigation; "authorized aerodrome" (特准机坪) means any aerodrome declared by the Chief Executive in Council by notification in the Gazette to be an authorized aerodrome on which aircraft may make their first landing on entering Hong Kong and which they may make their place of departure on leaving Hong Kong; (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17; 60 of 2000 s. 3) "building" (建筑物) includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether needed for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage or bridge; "cholera" (霍乱) includes enteritis choleriformis E1 Tor; (Added 8 of 1962 s. 2) "contact" (传染病接触者) means any person who has been or is likely to have been exposed to the risk of contracting an infectious disease; "crew" (船员、机员) includes any person who is on board any vessel or aircraft not for the mere purpose of being carried from one place to another, but who is employed in some way in the service of the vessel or aircraft or of persons on board or of the cargo; "day" (天) means an interval of 24 hours; "delouse" (灭虱) means to render free from lice; "derat" (灭鼠) means to render free from rodents; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) "Director" (署长) means the Director of Health; (Amended L.N. 76 of 1989) "disinfect" (消毒) means to destroy or remove the germs of disease; "disinsect" (除虫) means to render free from insects; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) "health officer" (卫生主任) includes the Director, any medical officer appointed by the Chief Executive 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; (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3) "immigrant" (入境者) includes- (a) any person arriving in the waters of Hong Kong as a deck, steerage or third class passenger on board a steamship or motor ship or as a passenger on board any other vessel with the intention of landing in Hong Kong; (b) a third class passenger who enters Hong Kong by train; (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17)"infected" (感染、受感染) means infected with the germs of infectious disease; "infected area" (疫区) means any area which has been certified by the Director to be an infected area from the date of the certificate until the date of the cancellation thereof. (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 4) "infected place" (疫埠) or "infected port" (疫港) means any place or port which has been certified by the Director to be an infected place or port from the date of the certificate until the date of the cancellation thereof. (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 4) "infectious disease" (传染病) means any disease specified in the First Schedule; (Replaced 17 of 1974 s. 2) "isolation" (隔离) means the compulsory detention in isolation for the purpose of and under the provisions of this Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder of any vessel, person, animal or thing, so that it or they shall have no communication with any other vessel, person, animal or thing or with any other place except in accordance with the said Ordinance and regulations; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) "port" (港、港口) includes sea-port, river-port and air-port; "premises" (处所) includes any land, building, structure of any kind, footway, yard, alley, court, garden, stream, nullah, pond, pool, field, marsh, drain, ditch or place open, covered or enclosed, or cesspool or foreshore, and also any vessel lying within the waters of Hong Kong; (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) "quarantinable disease" (疫症) means any of the following diseases, namely, cholera, plague and yellow fever; (Replaced 86 of 1993 s. 2) "quarantine anchorage" (检疫碇泊处) means that area of the harbour which has been appointed for the time being for the detention in isolation of vessels undergoing isolation and which has been declared a quarantine anchorage by Ordinance or by the Chief Executive in Council; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2; 60 of 2000 s. 3) "quarantine station" (检疫站) means any place where isolation is carried out and includes an infectious diseases hospital and any place declared by the Chief Executive in Council to be a quarantine station or a sanitary station; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2; 60 of 2000 s. 3) "relapsing fever" (回归热) means louse-borne relapsing fever; (Added 38 of 1955 s. 4) "sanitary aerodrome" (卫生机坪) means an authorized aerodrome declared by the Director to be a sanitary aerodrome after being satisfied that it will at all times have at its disposal- (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 2) (a) an organized medical service with one medical officer at least and one or more health inspectors, it being understood that this staff will not necessarily be in permanent attendance at the aerodrome; (b) a place for medical inspection; (c) equipment for taking and dispatching suspected material for examination in a laboratory; (d) facilities in the case of necessity for isolation, transport and care of the sick, for the isolation of contacts separately from the sick and for carrying out other prophylactic measures in suitable premises either within the aerodrome or in proximity to it; (e) apparatus necessary for carrying out disinfection, disinsecting and deratting if required, as well as any other measures laid down in the International Health Regulations; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2; 86 of 1993 s. 2) (f) a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water; (g) a proper and safe system for the disposal of excreta and refuse, and for the removal of waste water; and (h) protection, as far as possible, from rodents; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2)"surveillance" (监察) means that persons subject thereto are not isolated, and that they may move about freely on condition that they sign a bond pledging themselves to submit to medical examination daily or as often as may be required by the health authorities of the several places whither they are bound, such authorities being notified by the health officer of the advent of the persons in question and of the conditions under which they have been given their freedom; "typhus" (斑疹伤寒) means louse-borne typhus; (Added 38 of 1955 s. 4) "vessel" (船只) includes any ship, boat or other description of vessel used in navigation. (2) A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as "infected"- (a) in respect of plague- (i) if it has a case of human plague on board; (ii) if a case of human plague broke out on board more than 6 days after embarkation of the person affected; or (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 5) (iii) if plague-infected rodents are found on board; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2)(b) in respect of cholera- (i) if there is a case of cholera on board; or (ii) if there has been a case on board during the 5 days previous to the arrival of the vessel;(c) in respect of yellow fever- (i) if there is a case of yellow fever on board; or (ii) if there was a case on board at the time of departure or during the voyage;(d)-(f) (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 2)(3) A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as "suspected"- (a) in respect of plague- (i) if a case of human plague broke out on board in the first 6 days after embarkation of the person affected; or (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 6) (ii) if there has been an unusual mortality on board among redents the cause of which has not been determined; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2)(b) in respect of cholera- (i) if there has been a case of cholera on board at the time of departure or during the voyage, but no fresh case during the 5 days previous to arrival; or (ii) if a case of cholera has occurred on board an aircraft during the voyage but the case has previously been disembarked; (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 6)(c) in respect of yellow fever- (i) if having had no case of yellow fever on board it arrives after a voyage of less than 6 days from an infected port or from a yellow fever endemic zone or there is reason to believe that it may carry Aedes aegypti from any such port; or (ii) if arriving within 30 days of leaving an infected port or a yellow fever endemic zone a health officer finds Aedes aegypti on board. (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 6) Cap 141 s 3 Duration of period of incubation The period of incubation for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be 5 days in the case of cholera, and 6 days in the case of plague or yellow fever. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 7; 86 of 1993 s. 3) Cap 141 s 4 Conditions of release from isolation of persons liable to be subjected to surveillance (1) Any person liable to be subjected to surveillance shall, as a condition of being exempted from isolation, give a written undertaking to a health officer to attend and submit to daily examination at such place and at such time as such health officer shall appoint. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (2) The undertaking shall be in the form in the Second Schedule, or in its equivalent in Chinese characters. (Amended 17 of 1974 s. 3) (3) Every failure to comply with the terms of any such undertaking shall be deemed an offence. (4) A health officer at his discretion may require the person giving the undertaking to furnish security in a sum not exceeding $2000 for the due execution of the undertaking. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 8; 86 of 1993 s. 4) Cap 141 s 5 Conditions of release from isolation of contacts (1) A health officer may require that any contact liable to be detained under isolation shall, as a condition of being released therefrom for the period for which he is so liable, give a written undertaking- (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (a) to attend and submit daily to examination at such place and at such time as such health officer may appoint; and (b) to submit to surveillance at a private residence under such conditions as such health officer may impose.(2) The undertaking shall be in the form in the Second Schedule, or in its equivalent in Chinese characters. (Amended 17 of 1974 s. 3) (3) Every failure to comply with the terms of any such undertaking shall be deemed an offence. (4) A health officer at his discretion may require the person giving the undertaking to furnish security for the due execution of the undertaking- (a) by a cash deposit in a sum not exceeding $2000; or (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 5) (b) by the provision of a guarantor who shall sign a bond conditioned for the payment of a similar sum to the Treasury in the event of a breach of such undertaking. Such bond shall be in a standard form approved by the Director and such guarantor shall be so approved, shall be a resident of Hong Kong, and may be a member of a consulate staff, a principal of a firm which is a member of "The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce" or "The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce", a permanent Government servant, or a member of a profession to which registration is applied in Hong Kong. (Replaced 24 of 1950 Schedule. Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17; 47 of 1997 s. 10) Cap 141 s 6 Substitution of isolation for surveillance In all cases where this Ordinance refers to "surveillance" a health officer may substitute isolation when the persons in question do not offer sufficient security that they will faithfully observe all the conditions of the undertaking which those who are granted surveillance are required to give. Such isolation may be carried out on board ship or in a quarantine station according to the exigencies of the case. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) Cap 141 s 7 Escape or evasion (1) Any person who is authorized to be detained under this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder may in case of escape be arrested by- (a) any officer or servant of the hospital, reception place, isolated house or quarantine station from which the escape was made; (b) any officer appointed under this Ordinance; or (c) any police officer,and may be again conveyed to and detained in the place from which the escape was made or any other place authorized by a health officer. (2) Any person who being subject to surveillance under this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder fails to present himself for examination or to observe any term of his undertaking may be similarly arrested and detained to the satisfaction of a health officer. (3) Any person who having been authorized to be detained escapes or attempts to escape shall be guilty of an offence. Cap 141 s 8 Power to make regulations Power to Make Regulations (1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for the purpose of preventing the introduction into, the spread in and the transmission from, Hong Kong of any disease. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17; 60 of 2000 s. 3) (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) such regulations may provide for- (a) appointment of health officers, inspectors and other officers to carry out the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder, and for regulating their duties and conduct and for investing them with all powers necessary for the due execution of their duties; (b) reporting to Government by medical practitioners or others of cases of disease; (c) the form and mode of service of delivery of notices and other documents; (d) fees to be paid under this Ordinance; (e) placing under isolation vessels and aircraft arriving or being at any port or place within Hong Kong or the waters of Hong Kong, and their management while under isolation, and granting certificates of the condition of vessels and aircraft or of Hong Kong or any part thereof in respect of disease; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2; 86 of 1993 s. 17) (f) deratting of vessels or aircraft; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (g) disinfection and disinsecting of vessels, aircraft, persons, animals and things; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (h) prohibiting either absolutely or conditionally, or for regulating, the importation, exportation or removal in Hong Kong of dead bodies; (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (i) prohibiting or regulating- (i) the admission of persons into or their movements within Hong Kong or their departure therefrom either absolutely or conditionally; (ii) importation of merchandise, food and drink; (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17)(j) establishing and maintaining quarantine stations for persons and for regulating the management of the same; (k) detention and seclusion in a quarantine station or on board of persons, whether actually suffering from disease or not, arriving on vessels or aircraft subject to isolation, and for the payment to Government of any costs and expenses charged or incurred for the medical attendance and maintenance of any such persons; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (l) measures to be taken for the prevention of the conveyance of infection by means of any vessel or otherwise from any area or port of Hong Kong, including- (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (i) measures that shall be applied to vessels or aircraft before departure; (ii) measures that shall be taken to prevent the departure of persons infected with or suspected of being infected with plague, cholera or yellow fever, and of persons in such relation with the sick as to be rendered liable to transmit the infection of these diseases; (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 6) (iii) measures that shall be applied with respect to merchandise, articles or clothing infected or suspected of being infected; (iv) prohibition either absolutely or conditionally of the export of merchandise, or of articles or clothing infected or suspected of being infected; (v) precautions with regard to drinking water and foodstuffs taken on board vessels, aircraft or trains and the water taken in as ballast by vessels; and (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 6) (vi) measures for the prevention of access of mosquitoes to vessels or aircraft in the case of the prevalence of yellow fever; (vii)-(viii) (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 6)(m) appointing, establishing and maintaining places for the sanitary control of aerial navigation and for prescribing the sanitary measures to be taken in respect thereof; (n) the liability of any person to defray the expenses connected with the enforcement of this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, and for regulating questions of compensation in connection therewith; and (o) the fine with which the contravention of any regulation made under this Ordinance shall be punishable, but so that no such fine shall exceed $10000. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 9; 86 of 1993 s. 6)(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) and for the prevention of any epidemic, endemic, contagious or communicable disease, such regulations may also provide for- (a) compulsory reporting of infectious disease; (b) entering and searching houses, buildings, rooms and other places in which the presence of diseased persons or persons dead of disease or contacts may be suspected and for the examination of the occupants; (c) prohibiting or regulating the movements of diseased persons or of persons suspected of being diseased or of contacts; (d) removal of diseased persons or persons suspected of being diseased to hospital or other places for medical treatment, and for their detention until they can be discharged with safety to the public, and for the temporary occupation of places required for the treatment of diseased persons or for the segregation of diseased persons or contacts; (e) prohibiting or regulating the removal of bedding, clothing, furniture or other articles which have been in the presence of a diseased person and which are reasonably suspected of being infected, and for the disinfection or destruction of the same; (f) ordering the vaccination of persons, and ordering or executing the cleansing and disinfection of, houses, buildings, rooms and other places which have been occupied by any diseased person, or which are suspected of being infected with disease, or which are overcrowded or otherwise in an insanitary condition; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 9) (g) house to house visitation, cleansing and disinfection; (h) the better prevention of the danger of the spreading of infection by rodents by destroying them or minimizing their numbers, and for the prevention of the passing of rodents from the shore to vessels and aircraft and vice versa; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (i) the disinfection and disinsecting and purification of infected vehicles; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 9) (j) the examination of the bodies of dead persons and the certification of the cause of death in cases where the cause has not been certified by a qualified medical practitioner or where there is reason to suspect that the diagnosis made is not correct; (k) the speedy and safe disposal of the dead; and (l) such other matters as may appear to the Chief Executive in Council advisable for the prevention or mitigation of disease. (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)(4) The Director may by order in the Gazette amend any form prescribed under this section. (Added 86 of 1993 s. 6) (5) The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food after consultation with the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury may by order in the Gazette increase, decrease or otherwise vary any fee prescribed under this section. (Added 86 of 1993 s. 6. Amended L.N. 106 of 2002) Cap 141 s 9 Offences generally Offences and Penalties, etc. If any person without lawful authority or excuse does or omits to do anything which, under the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, he ought not to do or omit, or if he obstructs or impedes, or assists in obstructing or impeding, any health officer or other officer appointed under this Ordinance or any police officer in the execution of his duty or disobeys any lawful order of any such officer as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance. Cap 141 s 10 Penalty If any person is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder for which no other penalty is provided, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2500, and, if such offence be of a continuing nature, to a further fine of $250 for every day during which such offence shall continue. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 86 of 1993 s. 7) Cap 141 s 11 Increased penalty for second or subsequent offence A person convicted of any offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder who is within a period of 12 months from the date of such conviction convicted of a second or subsequent like offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder shall be liable to imprisonment for 2 months either in addition to or in lieu of the fine authorized by section 10. Cap 141 s 12 Arrest (1) When a person is seen or found committing or is reasonably suspected of being engaged in committing an offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, any health officer or police officer may, without warrant, stop and detain him, and if his name and address are not known may arrest him. (2) If any person obstructs or impedes a health officer or other officer appointed under this Ordinance or any police officer in the execution of his duty under this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, or assists in any such obstruction or impeding, he may be arrested by such health officer or other officer or police officer without warrant. (3) Nothing in this section shall take away or abridge any power or authority that a police officer would have had if this section had not been enacted. Cap 141 s 13 Forfeitures If any person lands or attempts to land or otherwise brings into Hong Kong any animal or thing in contravention of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder, such animal or thing shall be liable to be forfeited: Provided that this section shall not apply to landing or bringing into a quarantine station any animal or thing under the instructions of a health officer. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 14 Presumption of knowledge When any occupant of a house in which a case of disease occurs, or any person in charge of a diseased person, is charged with an offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder, relative to such disease, he shall be presumed to have known of the existence of such disease in such person unless and until he shows to the magistrate before whom he is charged that he had not such knowledge and could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such knowledge. Cap 141 s 15 Measures under general direction of Director The execution of the measures prescribed by this Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder shall be carried out under the general direction of the Director. Cap 141 s 16 Power to requisition vehicles temporarily Where on any occasion it appears to the Director necessary for the carrying out of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, he may in writing authorize any health officer to requisition temporarily any vehicle or vessel for such period as in the opinion of the health officer is necessary for the carrying out on that occasion of such provision. (Added 38 of 1955 s.10) Cap 141 s 17 Compensation (1) Where either- (a) any vehicle or vessel is requisitioned under section 16; or (b) any article is destroyed under the provisions of this Ordinance for the purpose of preventing the spread of an infectious disease,the Director may order that compensation be paid. (2) Any dispute as to the amount of compensation shall, in default of agreement, be determined by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 341). (Added 38 of 1955 s.10) Cap 141 s 18 Limitation of liability No matter or thing done by any health officer or by any public officer acting under his direction shall, if it were done bona fide for the purpose of executing this Ordinance, subject him or such public officer personally to any action, liability, claim or demand whatsoever: Provided that nothing herein contained shall exempt any person from any proceeding by way of mandamus, injunction, prohibition or other order. (Added 38 of 1955 s.10) Cap 141 s 19 Import of human remains, noxious insects and pests PART II THE PREVENTION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF DISEASE (1) No person shall knowingly import into Hong Kong any human corpse, human remains, living noxious insect, living pest, any living germ or microbe of disease or any bacterial culture without a permit in writing from the Director. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (2) The Director may endorse on such permit such conditions as he deems fit. (3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any condition on such a permit shall be guilty of an offence. (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 11) Cap 141 s 20 Infected port to be certified Whenever information is received that any quarantinable disease has broken out, or exists, or is reasonably suspected to exist at any place or port the Director may certify that such place or port is an infected place or infected port for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may publish in the Gazette the measures intended to be taken against such infected place or infected port under this Ordinance. (Replaced 38 of 1955 s.12) Cap 141 s 21 Medical inspection or examination of arrivals from infected places or ports otherwise than by sea (1) All persons coming from an infected place or port otherwise than by sea or air may be medically inspected or examined by a health officer. (2) The inspection or examination shall be conducted at such place as the Director shall approve. (3) In the case of persons arriving by rail the railway authorities shall allow sufficient time and make due arrangements for the examination to take place. Cap 141 s 22 Any vessel or aircraft may be visited by health officer (1) Any vessel or aircraft arriving in Hong Kong may be visited by a health officer, who may exercise all or any of the powers vested in him by section 31, and shall deal with the vessel or aircraft in the manner prescribed by or under this Ordinance. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (2) Every master of such vessel or aircraft shall allow and assist on board without delay a health officer as soon as he comes alongside. (3) The master or any other person having the control of any vessel or aircraft shall give to a health officer, officer in charge of aerodrome or boarding officer such information about the vessel or aircraft and the voyage and the health of the crew and passengers and otherwise as the officer may require and shall answer truly and fully all the questions put to him by any such officer. (4) Any vessel refusing to submit to the measures prescribed by or under this Ordinance shall be at liberty to put to sea. She may however be permitted by a health officer to land goods if she is isolated and if the goods are subjected to the measures laid down in paragraph (d) in each case of sections 47 and 54. She may also be authorized by him to disembark passengers at their request on condition that they submit to the measures prescribed by or under this Ordinance. The vessel may also take on fuel, foodstuffs and water. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 8) (5) Subject to the provisions of section 66, any aircraft which does not wish to submit to the measures prescribed by or under this Ordinance is at liberty to continue its voyage. It may not however land in any other aerodrome in Hong Kong except for the purpose of taking in supplies. It may be permitted by a health officer to land goods on condition that it is isolated and that the goods are subjected, if necessary, to the measures prescribed by or under this Ordinance. It may also take in fuel, replacements, food and water while remaining in isolation. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 23 Vessels which are to show quarantine signal (1) Every vessel on entering the waters of Hong Kong shall show the appropriate quarantine signal as prescribed by section 35, and shall not communicate with the shore until granted pratique by the express written order of a health officer: Provided nevertheless that any such vessel, which is on a voyage to any other place and which has held no unauthorized communication with the shore, may with the written consent of a health officer proceed on such voyage or tranship the passengers for the purpose of completing such voyage. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 13; 86 of 1993 s. 17) (2) The aforesaid quarantine signal shall not be lowered until a health officer has given free pratique. Cap 141 s 24 Vessels which are required to proceed to quarantine anchorage Every vessel shall, unless previously granted pratique, proceed at once to the quarantine anchorage and shall not remove therefrom, except from stress of weather, until released by order of a health officer. No vessel which is compelled to leave the quarantine anchorage from stress of weather shall communicate except by signals with the shore or with any other vessel, and such vessel shall return to the quarantine anchorage immediately such stress of weather has subsided: Provided that in case of stress of weather involving probable actual danger to the vessel the vessel may remove for a time, but shall be deemed nevertheless for all purposes to be subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels. (Amended 54 of 1936 s.4 & 38 of 1955 s.14) Cap 141 s 25 Quarantine anchorage determined by Director of Marine The master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the quarantine anchorage as and when required by the Director of Marine. Cap 141 s 26 No communication allowed with certain vessels Subject to the provisions of section 27, no person other than a health officer, or persons in his boat, shall approach within 30 yards of any vessel showing the quarantine signal, or hold any communication except by signals with such vessel or with any person on board thereof, or receive or take any person or thing whatsoever, directly or indirectly, from the vessel or from any person on board thereof without having first received the express written permission of such health officer, and without observing such precautions as he may require. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.15) Cap 141 s 27 Pilot may board vessel showing quarantine signal The pilot may board a vessel which is an infected or suspected vessel with respect to any quarantinable disease for the purpose of taking it to the quarantine anchorage. In no case shall any member of his crew or other person board the vessel unless authorized by a health officer. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.16) Cap 141 s 28 Conditions for landing; reporting infectious disease; permits (1) No master of any vessel or aircraft shall land or permit to land or to be landed from his vessel or aircraft any passengers until they have been inspected and passed by a health officer, and a master shall afford all reasonable facilities for enabling such inspection to be duly carried out. (2) The master of any vessel or aircraft shall report to a health officer any case of infectious disease which he knows to exist, or to have existed during the voyage, on his vessel or aircraft. (3) (a) Except with the permit in writing from a health officer no master of any vessel or aircraft shall land or permit to land or to be landed from his vessel or aircraft any person whom he knows to be suffering from an infectious disease. (b) Any master of a vessel or aircraft who lands or permits to land or to be landed any such person without permission shall, on demand from a health officer, forthwith remove such person from Hong Kong. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 17) Cap 141 s 29 Duties and powers respecting cases of infection on trains (1) The guard of any train on which a case of any quarantinable disease is present shall on arrival at the first station report the facts to the station master, who shall telephone or telegraph them to a health officer. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.18) (2) The station master shall detain the carriage in which the sick person is and all other occupants thereof for examination by a health officer, and shall detach the carriage from the rest of the train and keep it at the station until the examination has been made, or send the carriage to another station at which the examination can be more expeditiously carried out and from which the sick person and other persons may be more easily conveyed to a hospital or place of isolation. (3) Any person suffering or suspected to be suffering from any such disease shall be removed to a hospital or place of isolation and remain there until discharged by the officer in charge thereof. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) Cap 141 s 30 Restriction on landing or departure of certain aircraft No infected or suspected aircraft, and no aircraft which has come from an infected port and which has not been granted free pratique in Hong Kong shall land at any place in Hong Kong other than a sanitary aerodrome, and no such aircraft shall leave such sanitary aerodrome until released by order of a health officer. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 31 Health officer to inspect certain vessels On the arrival of any vessel at the quarantine anchorage, a health officer shall go on board and put to the master and surgeon, if any, or to any other person on board such questions as he deems necessary in order to ascertain the state of health of persons on board, the sanitary condition of the ship and cargo and the sanitary conditions of the port of departure or of intermediate ports touched at, and may require the presence for inspection and examination of all persons on board, and may inspect every part of the ship and demand to see the journal or log book and all ship's papers. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.13) Cap 141 s 32 Declarations respecting infectious disease; penalties (1) When required by a health officer, the master and surgeon of every vessel shall make and sign a true declaration as to the number of the crew and passengers, the presence or prevalence of infectious disease on board or during the voyage, the number of deaths, and such other particulars as may be required by such health officer. (Replaced 54 of 1936 s. 5) (2) When required by a health officer, the master of any aircraft shall make and sign a true declaration as to the presence or prevalence of an infectious disease on board or during the voyage, all particulars regarding any disinsecting carried out before or during such voyage and any other particulars as may be required by the health officer. (Added 38 of 1955 s. 19) (3) Any such declaration purporting to be signed by the master and surgeon shall be deemed to have been so signed, and any information therein contained, which shall subsequently be found to be untrue, shall render such master or surgeon liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10000 each and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 86 of 1993 s. 9) (4) Any master or surgeon who fails to make and sign a declaration as herein required, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10000. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 86 of 1993 s. 9) Cap 141 s 33 Vessel or aircraft to be dealt with according to provisions of this Ordinance A health officer, after making such an inquiry, inspection or examination, shall deal with such vessel or aircraft as aforesaid and the persons and things on board in the manner provided by this Ordinance or by the regulations made thereunder. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.20) Cap 141 s 34 Penalties for preventing health officer inspecting vessel or aircraft Any master of a vessel or aircraft or other person on board who- (a) prevents or attempts to prevent a health officer from going on board such vessels or aircraft; (b) conceals from a health officer the true state of the health of the crew or passengers or other persons on board such vessel or aircraft; (c) refuses to answer or gives an untrue answer to any inquiry made by a health officer under this Ordinance; (d) fails to produce the journal or log and ship's papers of such vessel or aircraft or any of them on demand of a health officer; (e) fails to present the crew and passengers for inspection when required to do so by a health officer; (f) prevents or attempts to prevent a health officer from inspecting any part of the vessel or aircraft,shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10000. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 21; 86 of 1993 s. 10) Cap 141 s 35 Signals to be shown by certain vessels Every vessel, which has not been granted free pratique in Hong Kong, shall show whichever of the undermentioned signals is appropriate until a health officer has given free pratique- (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 22) (a) by day- (i) the Flag Signal Q: meaning "my ship is healthy and I request free pratique"; (ii) the International Code Signal "Q.Q.": meaning "I require health clearance"; or (Replaced 43 of 1971 s. 2) (iii) the International Code Signal "Z.V.": meaning "I declare I have been in an infected area during the last 30 days". (Replaced 43 of 1971 s. 2) The day signal shall be shown at the vessel's masthead or where it can best be seen;(b) by night, during the whole of the time between sunset and sunrise, but only when the vessel is within the waters of Hong Kong, a signal comprising a red light over a white light, the lights being not more than 2 metres apart, and meaning "I have not free pratique". (Amended L.N. 2 of 1985; 86 of 1993 s. 17) The night signal shall be shown at the vessel's peak or other conspicuous place where it can best be seen. Cap 141 s 36 Power of police to restrict movements of persons or things to and from certain vessels The Commissioner of Police and any officer whom he may appoint for the purpose may order any person leaving any vessel referred to in section 35, or taking or sending any person or thing whatsoever from such vessel, to remain in, or return to, such vessel and may, with such necessary force as the case requires, compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same. Cap 141 s 37 Power of health officer as to passengers on board vessels under isolation Whenever a health officer shall so require, all passengers on board any vessel which is an infected or suspected vessel with respect to any quarantinable disease or so many as he may direct shall be taken to a quarantine station and there kept and attended to for such a time as he may deem proper before allowing them to return on board the vessel or to be transferred to any other vessel or to land in Hong Kong. The period of detention shall in no case be greater than is permitted by this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 23; 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 38 Power of detention of infected persons desirous of landing A health officer may detain in a quarantine station, until such time as the disease is no longer communicable to others, any person desirous of landing in Hong Kong who on arrival is found to be suffering from an infectious disease. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 39 Power of health officer with regard to disposal of infectious corpse In the case of a vessel or aircraft in the waters of Hong Kong having on board the body of any person who has died from an infectious disease, the body shall be disposed of in such manner as may be ordered by a health officer; and the master of the vessel shall carry out such orders as such health officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 40 Trespasser on quarantine station may be detained Any person entering or landing on a quarantine station without permission may be detained and kept under isolation at his own expense for such period not exceeding 14 days as a health officer may deem proper. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) Cap 141 s 41 Costs incurred by Government may be recovered from owners or agents Any reasonable costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government for the vaccination, inoculation, removal, medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not who under this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder is removed to any hospital or place from any vessel or aircraft for medical treatment or surveillance, or for the burial of any person who may die on any vessel or aircraft, or who dies after removal to hospital, or for the burial of any dead body found on board any vessel or aircraft, or for the cleansing and disinfection of any vessel or aircraft, or of the merchandise on board any vessel or aircraft, or of any part of the vessel or aircraft or of the merchandise, including the hire of the necessary labour, boats, junks and disinfecting appliances, shall be paid to the Government by the owners or agents of the vessel or the aircraft. (Amended 17 of 1974 s.4) Cap 141 s 42 Police to furnish assistance The Commissioner of Police shall furnish such police assistance as any health officer may require for the purpose of enabling him to exercise the powers vested in him by this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder and to deal with vessels and aircraft and persons and things on board thereof in the manner prescribed by this Ordinance. Cap 141 s 43 Exemption of postal matter Nothing in this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder shall render liable to detention, disinfection or destruction any articles being part of any mails conveyed under the authority of the postal administration of any country, except in the case of such importation as is prohibited under section 19. Cap 141 s 44 Duty of medical practitioner and master when a case of infectious disease discovered on board vessel or aircraft (1) Should the surgeon of, or any medical practitioner visiting, any vessel or aircraft within the limits of Hong Kong find on board any infectious disease, it shall be the duty of such surgeon or medical practitioner to inform the master of the nature of the disease and notify the same in writing to a health officer. All further action as regards the patient, the members of the crew, the passengers or the vessel or aircraft shall be under the direction of a health officer. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (2) Should such infectious disease be believed or suspected to be any quarantinable disease, such vessel or aircraft shall at once be considered as an infected vessel or aircraft under this Ordinance. The master of such vessel or aircraft shall at once take such steps as are necessary to inform a health officer of the facts of the case and shall display the appropriate signal referred to in section 35, and shall not permit any further communication with the shore, but shall wait for instructions from a health officer. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 24) Cap 141 s 45 Duty of master in case of sickness where no surgeon is carried In case any vessel in the waters of Hong Kong which carries no surgeon has on board any sickness, the nature of which the master is unable to determine, he shall at once hoist the call flag for medical assistance (letter W in the International Code of Signals over the code pennant), and shall take such measures as may be necessary to inform a health officer and shall await his directions. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 25; 86 of 1993 s. 17) Cap 141 s 46 Internal management of vessels or aircraft of war not to be interfered with This Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder shall not in any way interfere with the internal management of any of Her Majesty's or of foreign vessels or aircraft of war, or with their freedom to proceed whenever the officer in command may deem such course requisite. Cap 141 s 47 Plague precautionary measures in case of infected vessels or aircraft Plague Precautionary Measures Plague infected vessels and aircraft shall be subjected to the following measures- (a) medical inspection; (b) the sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated; (c) all persons who have been in contact with the sick and those whom a health officer has reason to consider suspect shall be disembarked if possible. They may be subjected to isolation, or to surveillance, or to isolation followed by surveillance, and may be disinsected: Provided that the total duration of these measures does not exceed 6 days from the arrival of the vessel; (Amended 38 of 1955 ss.2 & 26)(d) bedding, soiled linen, wearing apparel and other articles which, in the opinion of a health officer, are infected shall be disinsected and if necessary disinfected; (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) (e) the parts of the vessel which have been occupied by persons suffering from plague or which in the opinion of a health officer are infected shall be disinsected and if necessary disinfected. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.26) Cap 141 s 48 Provisions relating to discharge of cargo (1) A health officer may require deratting before or during the unloading of cargo, if he is of opinion, having regard to the nature of the cargo and the way it is loaded, that it is possible so to effect a total destruction of rodents. In this case a vessel shall not be subjected to a further deratting unless during or after the unloading live rodents are still found, in which event a second deratting may be required by a health officer, but the cost of such second deratting shall not be charged to the owners or agents of the vessel under section 41. In other cases the complete destruction of the rodents shall be effected on board when the holds are empty. In the case of ships in ballast this process shall be carried out as soon as possible be fore taking cargo. (Amended 38 of 1955 ss.2 & 27) (2) If the vessel is to unload a part of its cargo only and if a health officer considers that it is impossible to carry out complete deratting, the said vessel may remain in port for the time required to unload that part of its cargo, provided that all precautions, including isolation, are taken to the satisfaction of a health officer to prevent rodents from passing from the vessel to the shore, either during unloading or otherwise. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) (3) The unloading of cargo shall be carried out under the control of a health officer, who shall take all measures necessary to prevent the persons employed on this duty from becoming infected. Such persons shall be subjected to isolation or surveillance for a period not exceeding 6 days from the time when they have ceased to work at the unloading of the vessel. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) Cap 141 s 49 Certain articles not to be discharged until disinfected (1) Where any vessel or aircraft arrives from any place or port certified to be an infected place or infected port in respect of plague, no feathers, sacks or rags taken on board the vessel or aircraft at such place or port shall be unloaded unless the vessel or aircraft or such articles have been disinfected and disinsected to the satisfaction of a health officer. (2) Any person who unloads any such articles in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10000. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 11) (Added 38 of 1955 s. 28) Cap 141 s 50 Plague precautionary measures in case of suspected vessels or aircraft Plague suspected vessels and aircraft shall undergo the measures specified in section 47(a), (d) and (e) and in section 48. In addition the passengers and crew may be subjected to surveillance which shall not exceed 6 days reckoned from the date of arrival. Cap 141 s 51 Uninfected or healthy vessels or aircraft coming from an infected port A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected or healthy, notwithstanding its coming from an infected port, if there has been no human or rodent plague on board either at the time of departure or during the voyage or on arrival, and if the investigations regarding rodents have not shown the existence of any unusual mortality. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) Cap 141 s 52 Pratique An uninfected or healthy vessel or aircraft shall be given pratique immediately with the reservation that a health officer may prescribe the following measures in connection therewith- (a) medical inspection to determine whether the condition of the ship corresponds to the definition of an uninfected ship; (b) in exceptional cases and for wellfounded reasons which shall be communicated in writing to the captain of the vessel destruction of rodents on board under the conditions specified in section 48(1); (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) (c) subjection of the passengers and crew to surveillance for a period not exceeding 6 days from the date on which the vessel left the infected port. The crew may be prevented during the same period from leaving the vessel except on duty of which a health officer has been notified. Cap 141 s 53 Deratting of vessels (1) Where a health officer has reason to believe that a vessel harbours rats he may- (a) derat or cause to be deratted such vessel, and (b) issue in respect thereof a deratting certificate in the form in the Second Schedule.(2) Upon application in respect thereof, a health officer shall inspect any vessel, and where he does not exercise the powers vested in him under subsection (1), he shall- (a) issue to the master of such ship a deratting certificate in the form in the Second Schedule, or (b) extend the validity of the ship's deratting certificate for a period not exceeding one month.(3) Every vessel proposing to leave Hong Kong shall produce to the person whose duty it is to grant a port clearance a deratting certificate in the form in the Second Schedule, and no such port clearance shall be issued in respect of any vessel until the production of such certificate. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (Replaced 38 of 1955 s. 29. Amended 17 of 1974 s. 5) Cap 141 s 54 Cholera precautionary measures in case of infected vessels and aircraft Cholera Precautionary Measures Cholera-infected vessels and aircraft shall be subjected to the following measures- (a) medical inspection; (b) the sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated; (c) those passengers and crew whom the health officer reasonably suspects to have been infected with cholera may be subject to isolation or surveillance for a period not exceeding 5 days from the date of arrival; (Replaced 86 of 1993 s. 12) (d) bedding, soiled linen, wearing apparel and other articles, including foodstuffs, which, in the opinion of a health officer, have been recently infected, shall be disinfected; (e) the parts of the vessel or aircraft which have been occupied by the patients or which are considered by such health officer as infected shall be disinfected; (f) unloading of cargo shall be carried out under the supervision of such health officer, who will take all measures necessary to prevent the infection of the persons engaged in unloading. They shall be subjected to isolation or to surveillance which shall not exceed 5 days from the time they cease unloading; (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2) (g) when the drinking water on board is suspected it shall be turned off and emptied out after being disinfected and shall be replaced, after disinfection of the tanks, by a supply of water of good quality; (h) such health officer may prohibit the emptying of water ballast which has been taken in at an infected port, unless such water ballast has first been disinfected; (i) such health officer may prohibit the emptying or discharge of human dejecta and of waste waters of the ship into the waters of the port unless such dejecta or waste waters have first been disinfected. Cap 141 s 55 Cholera precautionary measures in case of suspected vessels and aircraft Vessels or aircraft suspected of cholera shall be subjected to the measures prescribed under section 54(a), (d), (e), (g), (h) and (i). The passengers and crew may be subjected to surveillance for a period not exceeding 5 days from the date of arrival. Cap 141 s 56 Effect of bacteriological examinations If any vessel or aircraft has been declared infected or suspected only because of cases on board presenting the clinical features of cholera and if two bacteriological examinations made with an interval of not less than 24 hours between them have not revealed the presence of cholera or any other suspicious vibrios, it shall be classed as uninfected. Cap 141 s 57 Lesser precautionary measures in case of certain vessels and aircraft A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected if, although arriving from an infected port or having on board persons proceeding from an infected area, there has been no case of cholera either at the time of departure from such infected port, during the voyage, or on arrival. Such vessel or aircraft may be subjected to the measures provided under section 54(a), (g), (h) and (i). In addition the passengers and crew may be subjected to surveillance during a period which shall not exceed 5 days from the date of arrival. The crew may be prevented during the same period from leaving the ship or sanitary aerodrome except on duty of which a health officer has been notified. Cap 141 s 58 Precautionary measures in respect of certain foodstuffs (1) Where any vessel or aircraft arrives from a place or port certified to be an infected place or infected port in respect of cholera a health officer may- (a) order to be kept on board; or (b) destroy,any fish, shell-fish, fruit, vegetables or beverages: Provided that this section shall not apply to any such food or beverages in sealed containers which in the opinion of a health officer are not contaminated. (2) No person shall unload any of the articles referred to in subsection (1). (Added 38 of 1955 s.31) Cap 141 s 59 Stool examination Where any person arrives from any place or port certified to be an infected place or infected port in respect of cholera a health officer may carry out a stool examination. (Added 38 of 1955 s.31) Cap 141 s 60 Cases clinically cholera to be classed as cholera (1) Cases presenting the clinical symptoms of cholera in which no cholera vibrios have been found or in which vibrios not strictly conforming to the character of cholera vibrios have been found shall be subjected to all measures required in the case of cholera. (2) Germ carriers discovered on the arrival of a vessel or aircraft may be treated in the same way as cases of disease. Cap 141 s 61 (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 13) Cap 141 s 62 (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 13) Cap 141 s 63 (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 13) Cap 141 s 64 (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 13) Cap 141 s 65 (Repealed 86 of 1993 s. 13) Cap 141 s 66 Yellow fever precautionary measures in case of infected vessels or aircraft Yellow Fever Precautionary Measures Vessels or aircraft infected with yellow fever shall be subjected to the following measures- (a) medical inspection; (b) the sick shall be disembarked, and those of them whose illness has not lasted more than 5 days shall be isolated in such a manner as a health officer may direct to prevent the infection of mosquitoes; (c) other persons who disembark and who in the opinion of a health officer are not protected against yellow fever shall be kept under isolation or surveillance during a period which shall not exceed 6 days reckoned from the time of disembarkation; (Amended 38 of 1955 ss.2 & 34) (d) a ship shall be moored at least 200 metres from the inhabited shore and at such a distance from other vessels as will render the access of mosquitoes improbable; (Amended L.N. 2 of 1985) (e) the destruction of mosquitoes in all phases of growth shall be carried out on board, as far as possible before unloading of cargo. If the unloading is carried out before the destruction of mosquitoes, the persons employed shall be subjected to isolation or surveillance for a period not exceeding 6 days from the time when they ceased unloading. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.2) Cap 141 s 67 In case of suspected vessels or aircraft Vessels or aircraft suspected of yellow fever may be subjected to the measures specified in section 66(a), (c), (d) and (e). Cap 141 s 68 Vessels or aircraft regarded uninfected, in certain cases A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected, notwithstanding its having come from a yellow fever infected port, if on arriving after a voyage of more than 6 days it has no case of yellow fever on board and either there is no reason to believe that it carries adult Aedes aegypti or a health officer is satisfied- (a) that the vessel or aircraft during its stay in the port of departure was moored at a distance of at least 410 metres from an inhabited shore and at such a distance from other vessels as to make the access of Aedes aegypti improbable; or (Amended L.N. 2 of 1985) (b) that the vessel or aircraft at the time of departure was effectually fumigated in order to destroy mosquitoes. (Amended 38 of 1955 s.35) Cap 141 s 69 Precautionary measures with regard to vessels or aircraft infected with certain diseases Other Infectious Diseases, Precautionary Measures (1) Any person who, on arrival in Hong Kong by any vessel or aircraft, is found to be suffering from chickenpox, diphtheria, enteric, dysentery, scarlet fever, influenza, cerebro-spinal meningitis, measles or other such infectious disease, may be removed to a hospital if a health officer is of opinion that he cannot be isolated or treated on board. (Amended 86 of 1993 s. 17) (2) Any bedding, linen, wearing apparel or other articles which such health officer considers to be infected shall be disinfected as he may direct. (3) Any part of the vessel or aircraft which such health officer considers to have been infected shall be disinfected as he may direct. Cap 141 s 70 Measures with regard to nuisances and insanitary conditions on board vessel or aircraft Insanitary and Overcrowded Vessels (1) If a health officer on inspection of any vessel finds any decaying animal or vegetable matter, living pest or insect, rubbish, dirt, filth or other matter, which in his opinion is likely to be injurious to health or to create a nuisance, he may serve a written notice on the master, agent or owner of the vessel to abate the said nuisance within 12 hours. (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 36) (2) If such nuisance is not abated within such time the master, agent or owner shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1250 and to a further fine of $250 for every day of continuing default. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 86 of 1993 s. 14) (3) If a health officer on inspection of any vessel finds any crew's quarters, living spaces, water tanks, foodlockers, paint-lockers, decks, lavatories, latrines or bilges to be in a dirty or insanitary state, he may call upon the master of such vessel to carry out to his satisfaction such cleansing, disinfection, white-washing or painting as he may direct. (4) Any master of a vessel who neglects to comply with such orders within such time as a health officer directs shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1250 and to a further fine of $250 for every day of continuing default, and the person whose duty it is to grant a port clearance may, on the certificate of such health officer withhold a port clearance from such vessel until such health officer's directions have been complied with. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 86 of 1993 s. 14) (5) At the discretion of a health officer any offensive articles mentioned in this section may be discharged, and the vessel may, at the owner's or agent's expense, be disinfected under the supervision of a health officer. (6) All expenses incurred by a health officer in carrying out this section shall be recoverable from the owner or agents of the vessel by civil action in the name of the Secretary for Justice. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997) Cap 141 s 71 Vessels with filthy passengers or in an overcrowded state to go to quarantine anchorage Where a vessel has passengers on board who are in a filthy or otherwise unwholesome condition, or is overcrowded with passengers, emigrants or otherwise, a 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 the vessel to the quarantine anchorage or to such place as he may direct, and although the vessel is not infected or suspected such health officer may order the cleansing and disinfection of the vessel in such manner as he may deem necessary. Cap 141 s 72 Amendment of Schedules The Director may by order in the Gazette amend the First and Second Schedules. (Added 17 of 1974 s.6) Cap 141 Sched 1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES [sections 2 & 72] 1. Acute poliomyelitis 2. Amoebic dysentery 3. Bacillary dysentery 3A. Chickenpox (Added L.N. 346 of 1998) 4. Cholera 5. Dengue fever 6. Diphtheria 7. Food poisoning 7A. Influenza A (H5) (Added L.N. 14 of 2004) 7B. Japanese encephalitis (Added L.N. 137 of 2004) 8. Legionnaires' disease 9. Leprosy 10. Malaria 11. Measles 12. Meningococcal infections 13. Mumps 14. Paratyphoid fever 15. Plague 16. Rabies 17. Relapsing fever 18. Rubella 19. Scarlet fever 19A. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Added L.N. 79 of 2003) 20. Tetanus 21. Tuberculosis 22. Typhoid fever 23. Typhus 24. Viral hepatitis 25. Whooping cough 26. Yellow fever (Replaced 86 of 1993 s. 15) Cap 141 Sched 2 [sections 4, 5, 7, 10 & 53] (Amended 17 of 1974 s. 8; 86 of 1993 s. 16) Serial No ................. QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE ORDINANCE Serial No. ................ Slip No. ................... (FOR RECORD IN THE HEALTH OFFICE) Date of undertaking .............................. Full name of person undertaking ............................. ............................. ............................. Address in full ............................. ............................. Ship's name ...................... Serial No. ................ UNDERTAKING TO SUBMIT TO SURVEILLANCE I, ............................................. of ....................................... being desirous of proceeding to ............................................... (which I hereby declare to be Full name of person my full and sufficient address),hereby undertake, in consideration of my being exempted from isolation, (to present myself for examination at the office of the ................................................ situate at .................................................................................. daily at ................... a.m. for ........................................... days from the date hereof, and to report immediately at the said office any change in my residence) or (to proceed direct to the said premises and to submit myself for examination daily by the examination officer for ................................................. days from the date hereof). I am aware that failure to comply with the terms of this undertaking, will render me liable to arrest, and, upon conviction, to a fine of $2500, and, if such offence be of a continuing nature, to a further fine of $250 for every day during which the offence shall continue. Dated this .................... day of ......................... 19 . ....................................................... Signature of Passenger Before me, ........................................................... Health Officer (TO BE HANDED TO PERSON GIVING THE UNDERTAKING) Date of undertaking ............................. Full name of person undertaking ............................. ............................. ............................. Address in full ............................. ............................. .............................Ship's name ...................... Address of the examining officer to whom the undertaker must report .................................... Period for which examination is ordered .................................... Note:-Breach of this undertaking renders the offender liable to arrest and to a fine of $2500 and to a further fine of $250 for every day during which the offence shall continue. To be printed at the back ____________ INSTRUCTIONS 1. This undertaking is to be forwarded by the Health Officer to the Health Officer of the area containing the address of the person giving the undertaking. The slip is to be handed to the said person. 2. The Health Officer of such area will every day, as he sees such person, initial the space below. Date Initials First day ................................. Second day ............................. Third day ................................ (Amended 38 of 1955 s. 2; 86 of 1993 s. 16) DERATTING CERTIFICATE*-CERTIFICAT DE DERATI