Cap. 124 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act -

"clearance certificate" means, in relation to any person, a certificate in writing given by the medical officer contemplated in subsection (1) of section 6 of this Act, certifying that that person does not, at the date of the certificate, show signs of venereal disease in a communicable form; "prescribed" means as prescribed by the Chief Government Medical Officer; "special practitioner" means the medical officer in charge of the venereal diseases department of the hospital or his assistant, or any medical practitioner recognized by the Chief Government Medical Officer as a special practitioner for the purposes of this Act; "treatment" includes any periodical or other medical examination; "venereal disease" means gonorrhoea, syphilis or chancroid.