Cap. 36 Art. 28Prohibition of children’s attendance at school in cases of disease.

(1) No parent or other person having care of a child who is or has been suffering from a disease, or who resides in a house where such disease exists or has existed within a period of six weeks, shall knowingly or negligently permit such child to attend school without producing to the teacher or other person in charge of such school a medical certificate that such child has become free from disease or infection and that the house and everything therein exposed to infection has been disinfected to the satisfaction of any of the medical officers mentioned in article 16.

(2) No teacher or person in charge of any school shall knowingly permit any child to attend such school in contravention of this article.