Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jul 2020 · Part VI · Miscellaneous
28. Recovery of costs and expenses
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Government may recover from the owner of any vehicle, or his agent or servant, any cost and expenses charged or incurred by the Government under this Act or the regulations made under this Act for all or any of the following:
vehicle
“vehicle” includes a ship, an aircraft, a train, a road vehicle and any other means of transport. (2) Any reference to “airport” or “port” includes a reference to any structure, permanent or otherwise, within the limits thereof.
the removal, medical attendance and maintenance of any person who is or is suspected to be suffering from an infectious disease and who is removed to any hospital or place from such vehicle for medical treatment or for isolation or observation;
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the burial or cremation of any person who dies of an infectious disease on such vehicle, or who dies of an infectious disease after removal to hospital from such vehicle;
the cleansing, disinsecting, disinfection and deratting of such vehicle or of any part thereof;
the disposal of contaminated articles or infected or contaminated animals on such vehicle.
Any cost or expenses charged or incurred by the Government under this Act or any regulations made under this Act may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recovered by civil proceedings as a debt due to the Government.
Terms defined in s 2
disinsecting
Defined · s 2“disinsecting” means the operation in which measures are taken to kill noxious insects;
infectious disease
Defined · s 2“infectious disease” means any disease specified in the First Schedule;
observation
Defined · s 2“observation” means the segregation of any contact or person suspected of suffering from any infectious disease for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not he is suffering from any infectious disease, and includes the treatment of that person;
treatment
Defined · s 2“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;
vehicle
Defined · s 2“vehicle” includes a ship, an aircraft, a train, a road vehicle and any other means of transport. (2) Any reference to “airport” or “port” includes a reference to any structure, permanent or otherwise, within the limits thereof.