Cap. 36 Art. 44Power of Minister to make regulations for the prevention of disease, etc.

Whenever any part of Malta is threatened with or is affected by any dangerous epidemic or infectious disease, the

Minister responsible for public health may make and, when made, vary or revoke regulations for all or any of the following purposes, namely:

(a) for the speedy interment of the dead;

(b) for house-to-house visitation;

(c) for the provision of medical aid, distribution of medicine, the establishment of hospitals, the promotion of cleansing, ventilation and disinfection and otherwise for guarding against the spread of disease;

(d) for preventing any house or part of a house from being so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health; and

(e) for any other matter or thing which the Minister responsible for public health may deem expedient for the prevention or mitigation of such disease, and may by order declare such regulations or any of them to be in force in respect of the whole of Malta or within any part or parts thereof only and to apply to any ship lying in port or within the territorial waters of Malta, for the time specified in such order.