Section 15
Isolation of certain persons
(1)
The Director-General may order any person who is, or is suspected to be, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease to be detained and isolated in a hospital or other place for such period of time and subject to such conditions, as the Director-General may determine.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, order the removal forthwith from Brunei Darussalam of any person referred to in subsection (1)
who is not a citizen of Brunei Darussalam.
(3)
The Director-General may order any person who is, or is suspected or continues to be suspected to be, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, or who has recently recovered from or been treated for such disease, to remain and to be isolated and (if necessary) be treated, in his own dwelling place —
(a)
for such period of time as may be necessary for the protection of the public; and
(b)
subject to such conditions as the Director-General may consider necessary for this purpose.
(4)
If any person against whom an order under subsection (1) or (3)
is made —
(a)
fails to proceed to the place in which he is to be isolated within the time specified in the order;
(b)
without the permission of the Director-General, leaves or attempts to leave the place in which he is being isolated; or
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(c)
fails to comply with any condition to which the person is subject, that person is guilty of an offence.
(5)
Any person in respect of whom an order under subsection (2)
has been made who fails to comply with that order is guilty of an offence.