Cap. 36 Art. 27Public exposure of infected persons or things.

Any person who -

(a) while suffering from a disease, wilfully exposes himself without proper precautions against the spread of the disease in any street, public place, shop, inn, tavern, hotel or church or any other place used in common by persons other than members of the family or household to which such infected person belongs; or

(b) being in charge of any person so suffering, knowingly so exposes such sufferer; or

(c) knowingly gives, lends, sells, pawns, transmits, removes or exposes or permits to be washed or exposed in any wash house, which is used in common by persons other than members of the family or household to which the infected person belongs, without previous disinfection to the satisfaction of any of the medical officers mentioned in article 16, any bedding, clothing or other articles which have been exposed to infection from such disease, shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance.