Section 92

placing vessels arriving at any port of Brunei

Darussalam in quarantine;

prohibiting or regulating the landing of persons from vessels either absolutely or conditionally;

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prohibiting or regulating the entry or landing of animals brought by land, sea or air from any place without or within Brunei Darussalam, and for prohibiting such entry or landing except at specified places;

isolating all cases of disease, whether in persons or animals;

establishing and maintaining quarantine stations for persons and animals, and for regulating the management of the same;

the removal of persons infected with disease to hospitals or other places for medical treatment and for their detention until they can be discharged with safety to the public;

prohibiting or regulating the movement of diseased animals or animals suspected of being diseased and the removal of carcases;

slaughtering with or without compensation, as is deemed expedient, diseased animals or with compensation animals suspected of being diseased or of having been in circumstances in which they were likely to have become infected with disease;

cleansing and disinfecting houses, buildings, rooms and other places which have been occupied by any diseased person or animal or which are otherwise in an insanitary condition;

disinfecting and, if expedient, destroying with or without compensation, as is deemed expedient, furniture, clothing, litter, fodder and other articles which have been in contact with any diseased person or animal or which are reasonably suspected of being a vehicle for spreading disease;

prescribing the measures that shall be taken to prevent the departure of persons infected or suspected to

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be infected with any dangerous infectious disease from any infected local area of Brunei Darussalam;

prohibiting the importation or exportation of merchandise, articles or clothing infected or suspected to be infected either absolutely or conditionally to or from any infected local area of Brunei Darussalam;

prescribing the measures that shall be applied with respect to merchandise, articles or clothing infected or suspected to be infected which are permitted to be imported into or exported from any infected local area of

Brunei Darussalam;

prescribing the measures that shall be applied to ships leaving any infected local area of Brunei

Darussalam;

prescribing the measures to be taken for the prevention of the conveyance of infection by means of any vessel aeroplane or other craft or vehicle sailing or departing from any infected local area of Brunei

Darussalam;

prohibiting or regulating the export of cattle from any port or ports of Brunei Darussalam either absolutely or conditionally and either generally or to any particular port or ports;

appointing, establishing and maintaining places for the observation and examination of cattle previous to export, and for regulating the management of the same, and for compelling the examination of cattle intended to be exported;

cleansing and disinfecting any vessels in which cattle are to be exported;

prohibiting and regulating the removal of fodder, litter, dung and other things;

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prescribing and regulating the seizure, detention and disposal of any animal dealt with in contravention of any regulation made under this Act, and for prescribing and regulating the importer of the animal to the expenses connected with the seizure, detention and disposal thereof;

prescribing the notification to Government by medical practitioners of cases of disease treated by them;

the appointment of inspectors and other officers to carry out this Act or 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;

the performance and execution by local authorities of any powers and duties conferred and imposed by this Act or any regulations made thereunder;

prescribing the publication of any regulations made under this Act, and for prescribing and regulating the form and mode of service or delivery of notices and other documents;

prescribing the fine with which the contravention of any regulation made under this Act shall be punishable, but so that such fine shall not exceed

$1,000;

fixing the amount of fees to be paid under this

Act;

(zz)

establishing and maintaining places, works and services for the sanitary control of aerial navigation and for prescribing sanitary measures to be taken in respect of international aerial navigation (either generally or in relation to specific diseases) in accordance with the provisions of the International Sanitary Regulations for time being in force.

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Nothing in subsection (1) shall in any way restrict or be construed to restrict the generality of the powers conferred on His Majesty in Council by this Act, but such powers shall extend to all matters, whether similar or not, to those in subsection (1) mentioned, as to which it is expedient to make regulations for the better carrying into effect the objects of this

Act.

All regulations made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette.