Cap. 36 Art. 11Power to extend provisions of arts. 5, 6 and 7 to other diseases.

(1) The Minister responsible for public health may, from time to time, by means of a notice, order that the provisions of articles 5, 6 and 7 shall apply to any other infectious or contagious disease besides those mentioned in subarticle (2) of the last preceding article.

(2) The notice by means of which any such order is made, shall specify such other disease or diseases to which the operation of the said articles shall extend.

(3) Any such order may be either permanent or temporary: in the latter case the said notice shall state the time during which the order is to remain in force.

(4) The notice by which the said order is made shall be published in the Government Gazette and in a daily newspaper for three consecutive working days, and a copy thereof shall be posted up at the principal Police station of each Police district.

(5) The order shall come into operation at such date, not earlier than one week after publication of the said notice, as the Minister responsible for public health shall fix, and upon its coming into operation and during the continuance thereof, any infectious or contagious disease mentioned in such order shall be a disease to which this Part of the Ordinance applies.

(6) In cases of emergency, a three days’ notice shall be sufficient, and the mere fact that such an abridged period is fixed in the said notice shall be sufficient evidence of the emergency.