Cap. 36 Art. 30Infected persons not to be conveyed in public vehicles.

(1) The owner or person in charge of a public vehicle shall not knowingly convey, nor shall any other person knowingly place in any such vehicle a person suffering from a disease, nor shall any person suffering from a disease enter any such vehicle, unless proper precautions are taken, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, for the isolation of the person so suffering.

(2) If any person suffering from a disease is conveyed in any public vehicle, the owner or person in charge thereof, as soon as it comes to his knowledge, shall give notice to the Superintendent, and shall cause such vehicle to be disinfected. The owner or person in charge of such vehicle shall be entitled to recover in the competent court, from the person so conveyed, a sufficient sum to cover any loss and expense incurred by him in connection with such disinfection.

(3) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, when so requested by the owner or person in charge of such vehicle, to provide for the disinfection of the same, free of charge.

(4) For the purpose of this article, "disease" means plague, small-pox, cholera, diphtheria, membraneous croup, typhus, yellow-fever, epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, scarlatina or scarlet fever, measles, varicella and any other disease to which the Minister responsible for public health shall, by regulation, direct that the provisions of this article shall apply.