Prevention Of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 36)

Inhalt

1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. Art. 3 Orders and regulations given or made by the competent Minister.
4. Art. 4 Regulations to be published in Government Gazette.
5. TITLE I
6. Art. 5 Notification of disease in any house, etc.
7. Art. 6 Notification of disease on any ship, etc.
8. Art. 7 Duties of medical practitioner.
9. Art. 8 Where failure to give notice is not deemed to be an offence.
10. Art. 9 Power of Minister responsible for public health to prescribe form of certificate to be given by medical practitioners.
11. Art. 10 List of infectious diseases.
12. Art. 11 Power to extend provisions of arts. 5, 6 and 7 to other diseases.
13. Art. 12 House inspection.
14. Art. 14 Power of Superintendent to order diseased person to be isolated.
15. Art. 15 Power of Superintendent to ascertain freedom from infection.
16. Art. 16 Duty of Superintendent to cause premises to be cleansed and disinfected.
17. Art. 17 Disinfection by officer of department of health.
18. Art. 18 Officers may enter premises.
19. Art. 19 Removal of persons from infected premises.
20. Art. 20 Cleansing of a person who, or whose clothing, is verminous.
21. Art. 21 Payment of compensation for damage caused by disinfection.
22. Art. 22 Destruction or disinfection of infected bedding, etc.
23. Art. 23 Personsengaged washing clothes to furnish list of owners of clothes in certain cases.
24. Art. 24 Prohibitions.
25. Art. 25 Removal to hospitalofinfected person in certain cases by order of magistrate.
26. Art. 26 Detention of infected person without proper lodging in hospital by order of magistrate.
27. Art. 27 Public exposure of infected persons or things.
28. Art. 28 Prohibition of children’s attendance at school in cases of disease.
29. Art. 29 Infectedpersonnot to engage in occupations connected with food for sale.
30. Art. 30 Infected persons not to be conveyed in public vehicles.
31. Art. 31 Powers of Superintendent with regard to dairies where disease is attributable to milk.
32. Art. 32 Aggrieved dairyman has right of appeal.
33. Art. 33 Refusal to permit inspection, etc., is an offence under this Ordinance.
34. Art. 34 Provisions of Food Safety Act, not affected by arts. 31, 32 and 33.
35. Art. 35 Superintendent may require dairyman to furnish list of his customers, etc., in certain cases.
36. Art. 36 Prohibiting retention of dead bodies in certain cases.
37. Art. 37 Magistrate may in certain cases order dead bodies to be buried.
38. Art. 38 Burial by order of Superintendent.
39. Art. 39 Conveyance of corpses of persons who have died from a disease.
40. Art. 40 No person to obstruct execution of orders made by magistrates under art. 37.
41. Art. 41 Certain provisions to apply even where the existenceofcertain disease is merely suspected.
42. Art. 42 Power of Minister to make regulations regarding persons suffering from certain diseases.
43. Art. 43 Power of Minister to make regulations.
44. TITLE II
45. Art. 44 Power of Minister to make regulations for the prevention of disease, etc.
46. Art. 45 Medical practitioners to placethemselvesat the service of persons suffering from disease.
47. Art. 46 Pension to widow and children of medical practitioner or health inspector dying of epidemic disease.
48. Art. 47 Amount of pension.
49. Art. 48 Forfeiture of pension by widow or children.
50. Art. 49 Power of Minister to extend application of art. 46.
51. Art. 50 Power of Minister to make regulations with regardtoships,etc.
52. Art. 51 Power of entry in anypremises,upon ships or aircraft.
53. Art. 52 Refusal to obey or carry out regulations.
54. Art. 53 Power of health officers to administer oaths. Sections 1 and 2 of Ord. II of 1867, incorporated. Officers in charge of quarantine stations vested with powers of Police officers.
55. TITLE III
56. Art. 54 Definitions.
57. Art. 55 Institutes for the preparation of vaccine lymphs, etc.
58. Art. 56 Immunisation centres.
59. Art. 57 Child immunisation.
60. Art. 58 Postponement of immunisation.
61. Art. 59 Immunisation in home of child.
62. Art. 60 Certificate of immunisation.
63. Art. 61 Record of certificates.
64. Art. 62 Notice to immunise when birth is registered. Cap. 16.
65. Art. 63 Private immunisation.
66. Art. 64 Immunisation by order of court
67. Art. 65 Production of evidence of immunisation.
68. Art. 66 Vaccinationagainst tetanus.
69. Art. 67 Power of Minister to make regulations.
70. PART II
71. Art. 68 Separation of diseased animals. Notice to Police officer.
72. Art. 69 Power of Minister responsible for agriculturetomake regulations.
73. TITLE II
74. Art. 70 Declaration of disease by Government veterinary surgeon.
75. Art. 71 Notice of declaration to occupier.
76. Art. 72 Power of Minister responsible for agriculture to declare place to be "an infected place".
77. Art. 73 Power of Minister responsible for agriculture to declare place to be free from disease.
78. Art. 74 Order of Minister responsible for agriculture to be conclusive evidence.
79. Art. 75 Slaughter of diseased animals by order of the Director of Agriculture.
80. Art. 76 Slaughter of animals suspected of being diseased.
81. Art. 77 Compensation for slaughtered animals.
82. Art. 78 Amount of compensation.
83. TITLE III
84. Art. 79 Landing of foreign animals.
85. Art. 80 Manner and time of landing.
86. Art. 81 Inspection by government veterinary surgeon.
87. Art. 82 Infected foreign animal.
88. Art. 83 Power of Minister responsible for agriculturetoorder animals to be re- exported or destroyed.
89. Art. 84 Power of Minister responsible for agriculturetomake regulations.
90. Art. 85 Detention of infected foreign animals in quarantine.
91. Art. 86 Saving as regards animals intended for exhibition, etc.
92. TITLE IV
93. Art. 87 Regulations.
94. TITLE I
95. Art. 88 Power to detain ship.
96. Art. 89 Where ship leaves port after being detained by Comptroller of Customs.
97. Art. 90 Penalty for proceeding to sea with customs officer on board.
98. Art. 91 WhereComptroller of Customs may refuse a port clearance to ship.
99. Sub-title 1
100. Art. 92 Offences under arts.5,6,12(3),13, 14(2), 15 and 28.
101. Art. 93 Offences under art. 7.
102. Art. 94 Offences under arts. 17(2), 19(3), 22(2), 23, 24(1) (a), 27, 30(2), 35, 36(1), 39 and 40.
103. Art. 95 Offences under arts. 25(4), 26, 29, 30(1), 33 and 36(2).
104. Art. 96 Offences under art. 24(1)(b), (c) and (d).
105. Art. 97 Offences under art. 45.
106. Art. 98 Offences under art. 52.
107. Art. 99 Additional penalty in the case of certain offences.
108. Art. 100 Offences against regulations made under arts. 42 or 43.
109. Sub-title II
110. Art. 101 Offences under art. 55.
111. Art. 102 Punishment for neglect of immunisation.
112. Art. 103 Offences under art. 65.
113. Art. 104 Other offences by officer in charge of an immunisation centre, etc.
114. TITLE III
115. Art. 105 Penalties for offencesunderPart II.
116. Art. 106 General offences.
117. Art. 107 Punishmentforuse ofexpiredlicenses, digging up or car- cases and other specified offences.
118. Art. 108 Forfeiture of animal.
119. Art. 109 Punishment for specific offences.
120. Art. 110 Presumption.
121. PART III
122. Art. 111 Competent court.
123. Art. 112 Prosecuting officer.
124. Art. 113 Evidence of authority to prosecuteonbehalf of Superintendent.
125. Art. 114 Evidence of prosecuting officer
126. Art. 115 Where offender is insane or absent from Malta.
127. Art. 116 Punishment for second of subsequent offence.
128. Art. 117 Power of court to cancel or suspend licence in certain cases.
129. Art. 118 Court may order offender to abate nuisance in certain cases.
130. Art. 119 Court may also order nuisance to be abated by Police.
131. Art. 120 Punishments mentioned in this Ordinance are the same as those laid down in the Criminal Code.
132. Art. 121 Offences liable to heavier punishment. Cap. 9.
133. Art. 122 Offences against this Ordinance to be considered as contraventions. Cap. 9.
134. Art. 123 Appeal.
135. Art. 124 Recovery of damages.
136. Art. 125 Saving as to anything done under repealed enactment.
137. Art. 126 Saving as to regulations made under repealed enactment.