Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance

(a) for placing aircraft, vessels and boats detention thereof or of any person arriving at any port or place in Sri intending to sail therein, as may be Lanka in quarantine, for the necessary; manner of disinfecting the same, and for the i m p o s i n g and (f) for inspecting persons travelling by prescribing the method of recovery railway or otherwise, and for of any charges, which may be s e g r e g a t i n g i n h o s p i t a l s or incurred by Government in carrying otherwise persons diseased ; out such operations; (g) for isolating all cases of disease and

(b) for placing persons or goods coming diseased persons; or brought in such aircraft, vessels or boats in quarantine, for the (h) for closing wells, pits, cesspits, and m a n n e r of d i s i n f e c t i n g or cesspools; fumigating such goods, for the imposition of fees or charges for (i) for prescribing the mode of burial or carrying out such operations and cremation of any person dying of for the method of recovering such disease; fees or charges; (j) for regulating the number of persons

(c) for prohibiting or regulating the to be allowed to inhabit any landing of persons or goods from dwelling place; XVII/215 Cap.553] QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES (k) for the removal from infected officers as may be named in the localities to places of observation or regulations of any case of serious other places of persons found in illness occurring in any such house such localities; or premises ; and the visiting and inspecting of such case by such (l) for the removal of diseased persons officer or officers; to hospitals or other places for medical treatment, and for their (r) for the appointment of inspectors detention until they can be and other officers to carry out the discharged with safety to the provisions of this Ordinance or of public; any regulations made thereunder, and for regulating their duties and (m) for the cleansing and disinfecting of conduct, and for investing them drains, sewers, cesspits, and of with all powers necessary for the houses, buildings, rooms, and other due execution of iheir duties ; places which have been occupied by any diseased person, or which are (s) for prescribing the publication of any o t h e r w i s e i n an i n s a n i t a r y regulations made under this condition, and, if expedient, for Ordinance, and for prescribing and destroying the same, with or regulating the form and mode of without compensation as may be service or delivery of notices and deemed expedient; other documents. (n) for the disinfecting and, if expedient, (2) Provided always that nothing in this destroying, with or without section contained shall in any way restrict or compensation as may be deemed be construed to restrict the generality of the expedient, goods which have been powers conferred on the Minister by in contact with any diseased person, section 2, but such powers shall extend to or which may be deemed capable of all matters, whether similar or not to those spreading disease; in this section mentioned, as to which it may be expedient to make regulations for the (o) for prescribing and regulating the better carrying into effect of the objects of seizure, detention, and destruction this Ordinance. or disposal of any goods landed or o t h e r w i s e d e a l t w i t h i n *4. (1) If any person, without lawful Offences. contravention of any regulation authority or excuse (proof whereof shall lie made under this Ordinance, and for on him), contravenes any regulation made prc-icnhing and regulating the under this Ordinance, or does or omits to liability of the owner, or consignor do anything which under the provisions of or consignee or importer of the this Ordinance or of any regulations made goods, for the expenses connected thereunder he ought not to do or omit, or with the seizure, detention, and if he obstructs or impedes or assists in destruction or disposal thereof; obstructing or impeding any inspector or other officer appointed under this (p) for prescribing the reporting to such Ordinance, or any police officer in the officer or officers as may be named execution of any provision of this in the regulations, by medical Ordinance or of any regulation made practitioners and persons professing thereunder, he shall be guilty of an offence to treat diseases, of cases of disease against this Ordinance. treated by them; (2) Every prosecution for an offence (q) for prescribing the reporting by the against this Ordinance may be instituted in householder or occupier of any the Magistrate's Court* of the division in house or premises to such officer or which the offence was committed, and such * Primary Court has exclusive jurisdiction under section 33 of the Judicature Act read with Gazette Extraordinary No. 43/4 of 1979-07-02. XVII/216 QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES [Cap.553 court may impose the full penalties herein Primary Court before whom he is charged prescribed, anything in the Code of that he had not such knowledge, and could Criminal Procedure Act or in any other not with reasonable diligence have obtained enactment to the contrary notwithstanding. such knowledge. Punishment. 5. (1) If any person is guilty of an 8. Inspectors and other officers Officers to be offence against this Ordinance, he shall be appointed under this Ordinance shall be public servan ts. liable on conviction before a Magistrate* to deemed public servants within the meaning imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine of the Penal Code. not exceeding one thousand rupees, or to 9. (1) Whenever any person shall have Security for both. been landed at any port or place in Sri expenses of certain persons (2) Nothing in this section contained Lanka for the purpose of performing landed from shall affect the liability of any person to any quarantine, or for medical treatment, or on aircraft or punishment or penalty to which he is liable the ground that such person is alleged to be vessel. under any enactment other than this of unsound mind, the aircraft or vessel from Ordinance, but so that a person shall not be which such person shall have been landed punished twice for the same offence. shall not be entitled to receive a clearance until sufficient security to the satisfaction of Duties of 6. (1) When a person is seen or found the principal officer of customs shall have inspectors and committing or is reasonably suspected of police officers. been given by the pilot, master, agent, or being engaged in committing an offence consignee of such aircraft or vessel to the against this Ordinance, any inspector or principal officer of customs for the other officer appointed under this repayment to the Government of all Ordinance or any police officer may without warrant stop and detain him, and if his expenses which may be incurred by the name and address are not known may Government in respect of such person, and without warrant apprehend him. also the necessary passage money of such person to the place of his original (2) If any person obstructs or impedes destination, or at the option of the Principal an inspector or other officer appointed Collector of Customs to the place of his under this Ordinance, or any police officer original departure, unless arrangements in the execution of any provision of this shall be made to the satisfaction of the Ordinance or of any regulation made Principal Collector of Customs for his thereunder, or assists in any such conveyance to such place of destination or obstructing or impeding, he may be departure. apprehended by such inspector or other officer or police officer without warrant. (2) The Principal Collector of Customs shall be entitled to require the pilot, master (3) A person apprehended under this or agent of any aircraft or vessel from which section shall be taken with all practicable any such person shall have been landed, or speed before a Magistrate or a Judge of a the pilot, master or agent of any other Primary Court. aircraft or vessel belonging to the same line (4) Nothing in this section shall take or company as such aircraft or vessel, upon away or abridge any power or authority that its being certified by the Director of Health a police officer would have had if this Services that the person in question is in a section had not been enacted. sufficient stage of recovery for travelling, to receive and keep such person on board the Presumption. 7. Where the person in charge of a aircraft or vessel in question for the purpose diseased person is charged with an offence of being conveyed to the place of his against this Ordinance relative to such original destination, or to the place of his disease, he shall be presumed to have known original departure, as the case may be, and of the existence of such disease in such may refuse a clearance to such aircraft or person, unless and until he shows to the vessel until his requirement is complied satisfaction of the Magistrate or Judge of a with. * Primary Court has exclusive jurisdiction under section 33 of the Judicature Act read with Uazette Extraordinary No. 43/4 of 1979-07-02. XVII/217 Cap. 553] QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES Removal of 10. Where any person for whose 13. In this Ordinance, and any Interpretation. person refusing departure from Sri Lanka arrangements regulations made thereunder, unless the to leave Sri Lanka by have been made under section 9 refuses to context otherwise requires— accommo- leave Sri Lanka or to board the aircraft or dation vessel on which a passage has been provided " aircraft" includes all balloons, whether provided under for him, it shall be lawful for a police officer section 9. fixed or free, kites, gliders, airships, specially authorized in writing by the airplanes, and other flying Inspector-General of Police to arrest such machines; person and to conduct him in custody aboard such aircraft or vessel. " disease " shall mean any disease of a contagious, infectious, or epidemic Execution of 11. The Minister may delegate the nature; regulations enforcement and execution of any may be delegated to regulation made under this Ordinance to " diseased" shall mean infected or local authority. any Municipal or local authority subject to suspected of being infected with such restrictions as the Minister may, from disease; time to time, think fit to impose. " goods" shall mean goods, wares and Regulations to 12. All regulations made under this merchandise, furniture, packets, be published. Ordinance shall be published in the Gazette, packages, baggage, wearing and shall from the date of such publication apparel, books, letters, or any other have the same force as if they had been article whatsoever; and shall enacted in this Ordinance. include animals. XVII/218