Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases 13
(a)
enter into and medically examine any vehicle at any time upon its arrival in Malaysia;
(b)
medically examine any person, animal or article on board such vehicle; and
(c)
take such samples as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the sanitary condition of such vehicle or article or the state of health of such person or animal.
(2)
An authorized officer may order any part of any vehicle, which he has reason to believe to be contaminated or infested, to be disinfected, disinsected or deratted to that officer’s satisfaction.
(3)
If in the course of a medical examination under subsection (1)
an authorized officer finds or has reason to believe that any person is infected or is a contact, he may order such person—
(a)
to be removed to a quarantine station and detained therein for isolation or observation; or
(b)
to be put under surveillance until such time as the disease is no longer communicable to others.
14 Laws of Malaysia ACT 342
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