S.L. 465.10 Art. 33Examination, etc., of persons proposing to embark.

Where a ship is due to depart for a destination, whether final or intermediate, outside Malta, the medical officer -

(a) may examine any person who proposes to embark on the ship if he has reasonable grounds for believing him to be suffering from plague, cholera, yellow fever, smallpox or viral haemorrhagic fever; and -

(i) if after an examination the medical officer is of the opinion that the person shows symptoms of one of the diseases, the medical officer shall prohibit the embarkation of the person;

(ii) the time and place of an examination shall be arranged -

(1) to take into account any other formalities; and

(2) to avoid delay;

(b) shall prohibit any suspect from embarking thereon: Provided that, in the case of smallpox, a person shall not be prohibited from embarkation if he satisfies the medical officer that he is sufficiently protected by vaccination or by a previous attack of smallpox; opinion of the medical officer, should be placed under surveillance;

(d) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)(ii), a person on an international voyage who on arrival was placed under surveillance may be allowed to continue his voyage. The medical officer shall notify by the most expeditious means the local authority for the place to which the person is proceeding that such a person should, in the opinion of the medical officer, be placed under surveillance.