Section 19

The Health Officer may, in his discretion, order the isolation, to his satisfaction, of any person suffering, or suspected to be suffering, from a notifiable disease, or of any person who has been in contact with a case of a notifiable disease, in the place where the person is found, or order that any such person be moved to and detained in a hospital or other place approved by the Health Officer.

Such person shall not depart from such isolation or detention without the written permission of the Health Officer and the Health Officer may, in such written permission, impose conditions as to future treatment and any person who departs from isolation without such permission or having departed from isolation subject to any conditions fails to comply with such conditions shall be guilty of an offence.

The officer in charge of a police district shall supply such watchman as are necessary for the proper maintenance of isolation or detention in accordance with this section.

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Removal of persons suffering from leprosy to Sarawak.