Cap. 124 Art. 4Conditions and limitations of the duty specified in section 3.

(1) Before seeking from the patient detailed particulars as to the source of infection, the special practitioner shall explain to the patient that all information supplied will be treated as strictly confidential and that any communication made in good faith for the purposes of this Act is exempt from civil or criminal proceedings. He shall also inform the patient of his liability to severe penalties if he should make a statement or furnish information as to the suspected source of infection which he knows or has reasonable

*See Government Notice No. 816 of 28th December, 1948. statement setting out that patient’s consent to the proposed transmission of notice.