Malaysia legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Power to make regulations
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), regulations under this section may provide for all or any of the following matters:
(a)
the establishment and maintenance of facilities on land or sea or at the common frontier of contiguous territories for health measures to be applied to local and international traffic;
(b)
regulating the entry and movement of any vehicle and prescribing the measures to which the vehicle shall be subject, to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases;
(c)
regulating—
(i)
the entry of persons into, their movements within, and their departure from, Malaysia;
(ii)
the importation and exportation of articles;
(iii)
the importation and exportation of human remains, human tissues or part thereof;
(iv)
the importation and exportation of pathogenic organisms and substances;
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(d)
regulating the sanitary standards required for ships and aircraft registered in Malaysia;
(e)
regulating the sanitary standards required for ships and aircraft coming into Malaysia;
(f)
the duties to be performed by commanders and other persons who are or have been on board any vehicle, or who are desirous of boarding the vehicle, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases;
(g)
regulating the sanitary standards required for ports, airports and their surroundings and the health standards of persons employed thereat;
(h)
regulating quarantine procedures and the management of quarantine stations;
(i)
the detention, isolation and observation in a quarantine station of persons suffering from or suspected to be suffering from an infectious disease;
(j)
regulating the cleansing and disinfection of premises—
(i)
where there has been a case or suspected case of infectious disease; or
(ii)
which are suspected of being contaminated with the agents of infectious disease;
(k)
regulating the removal and disinfection or destruction of articles which have been or are suspected to have been contaminated with the agents of infectious disease;
(l)
the prevention and control of the spread of infection by insects, rodents or other animals;
(m)
prescribing sanitary standards and sanitary facilities for premises;
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(n)
the inspection of premises and articles therein;
(o)
the collection and transmission of epidemiological and health information and the compulsory reporting of infectious diseases;
(p)
prescribing the fees to be paid under this Act and the regulations made under this Act;
(q)
the payment to the Government of any costs and expenses charged or incurred for the medical attendance and maintenance of persons removed to hospitals or quarantine stations;
(r)
prescribing offences which may be compounded and the procedure for compounding;
(s)
prescribing the forms to be used under this Act and the regulations made under this Act;
(t)
such other matters as may appear to the Minister advisable for the prevention or mitigation of infectious diseases.
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