Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jul 2020 · Part IV · Control of the Spread of Infectious Disease
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jul 2020 · Part IV · Control of the Spread of Infectious Disease
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No person who knows or has reason to believe that he is suffering from an infectious disease shall expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any public place or any other place used in common by persons other than the members of his own family or household.
infectious disease
“infectious disease” means any disease specified in the First Schedule;
No person who knows or has reason to believe that he is suffering from any infectious disease specified in Part II of the First
Schedule shall do any act which he knows or has reason to believe is likely to lead to the spread of such infectious disease.
Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence.
This section shall not apply to any person whose presence or conduct in such place as mentioned in subsection (1) is necessary for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment.
treatment
“treatment” includes all such acts and procedures as may be necessary for the purpose of determining whether a person is infected with an infectious disease;
infection
“infection” means the entry of agents of an infectious disease into living things and the multiplication of such agents in living things;
infectious disease
“infectious disease” means any disease specified in the First Schedule;
treatment
“treatment” includes all such acts and procedures as may be necessary for the purpose of determining whether a person is infected with an infectious disease;