Cap. 36 Art. 53Power of health officers to administer oaths. Sections 1 and 2 of Ord. II of 1867, incorporated. Officers in charge of quarantine stations vested with powers of Police officers.

(1) It shall be lawful for the Superintendent, the medical officer or other officer charged with the duty of visiting ships or persons before being admitted to pratique, and for the medical officer or other officer in charge of any quarantine station, to administer oaths in order to ascertain such facts as they may consider necessary for sanitary purposes.

(2) The medical officer or other officer in charge of any quarantine station may, within the precincts of such station, exercise all such powers as are by law competent to an inspector of

Police, and any guard or other person employed under the said officer may, within the same precincts, exercise all such powers as are by law competent to a Police officer below the rank of inspector.