Section 18

while suffering from any infectious disease, wilfully quits, without the written consent of the health officer, any premises in which he is and enters any other premises or causes himself to be taken from any premises in which he is to any premises;

without the written consent of the health officer, knowingly removes or aids in removing any person whilst suffering from any infectious disease from the premises in which such person is to any other premises;

while suffering from any infectious disease, wilfully exposes himself in any street, public place, shop, inn, theatre, hotel, church, mosque, temple, or any other place used in common by persons other than members of the family or household to which such infected person belongs;

being in charge of any person so suffering, so exposes such sufferer; or

knowingly gives, lends, sells, pawns, transmits, removes or exposes or permits to be washed or exposed in any wash-house or public place, which is used in common by persons other than the family or household to which the infected person belongs, without previous disinfection to the satisfaction of the health officer, any bedding, clothing or other articles which have been exposed to infection from any such disease, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $400.

Proceedings under this section shall not be taken against persons transmitting with proper precautions any bedding, clothing or other articles for the purpose of having the same disinfected, or escorting to hospital persons suffering from infectious disease.

Quarantine and Prevention of Disease 26

Apprehension of persons suffering from infectious disease.