Section 121s

to isolate at once any employee or other person on an estate whom he may suspect to be suffering from any infectious disease as defined in the

Prevention and Control of Infectious

Diseases Act 1988 [Act 342];

to detain under observation any other person whom he may deem likely to have contracted such disease; and

to notify the nearest Medical

Officer of the action taken under paragraphs (a) and (b) with the least possible delay.

Pending the arrival of the Medical Officer of Health on the estate, the resident registered medical practitioner or the resident manager shall take appropriate preventive measures and thereafter consult the Medical Officer of Health on any further action to be taken.

Any person who neglects to perform the duty imposed upon him or contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit and shall also, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a daily fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day the offence continues after conviction.

Labour Ordinance of Sabah (Amendment)

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Duty of employer to segregate employee suffering from infectious disease.