Cap. 36 Art. 26Detention of infected person without proper lodging in hospital by order of magistrate.

(1) Where, upon the application of any of the medical officers mentioned in article 16, any magistrate is satisfied that a person suffering from a disease, who is in a hospital, would not on leaving such hospital be provided with lodging or accommodation in which proper precautions could be taken to prevent the spreading of the disease by such person, such magistrate may make an order directing the said person to be detained in such hospital, at the cost of the Government, for a time to be fixed in such order, but with full power to such magistrate to enlarge such time as often as may appear to him to be necessary for preventing the spread of the disease.

(2) The execution of the said order may be enforced by any officer of the department of health, any Police officer or any officer of the hospital.