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Public Health Act

consolidated text (as at 2006, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.

Later amending instruments held: Covid-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020.

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Sections

  1. 1 Short title
  2. 2 Interpretation
  3. 6 Private practice authorised by Minister
  4. 7 Powers of Permanent Secretary
  5. 8 Absence of Permanent Secretary
  6. PART II: SANITATION
  7. 9 Approval of common lodging house
  8. 10 Occupation of lodging house
  9. 11 Registration of common lodging house
  10. 12 Death of keeper
  11. 13 Number of lodgers
  12. 14 Supply of water
  13. 15 Prohibition of common lodging house
  14. 16 Offences
  15. 17 Appeal
  16. 18 Interpretation of “nuisance”
  17. 19 Author of nuisance
  18. 20 Power to enter and inspect premises
  19. 21 Entry and inspection of dwelling house
  20. 22 Inspection of common lodging house
  21. 23 Appeal from order of Sanitary Authority
  22. 24 Non-compliance with order
  23. 25 Closure of common lodging house
  24. 26 Unlawful entry into common lodging house
  25. 27
  26. 28 Certificate of Sanitary Authority
  27. 29 Notice to remove nuisance
  28. 30 Service of notice
  29. 32 Failure to abate nuisance
  30. 32A Measures to prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes
  31. 33 Proceedings against authors of nuisance
  32. 34 Provision as to ships
  33. 35 Closing order of dwelling house
  34. 36 Disobedience to closing order
  35. 37 Appeal against closing order
  36. 38 Demolition of unfit dwelling
  37. 39 Appeal from order of Magistrate
  38. 40 Damaging property
  39. PART III: INFECTIOUS OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
  40. 41 Notification of disease
  41. 42 Notification by medical practitioner
  42. 43 Fee payable to medical practitioner
  43. 44 Notification by Civil Status Officer
  44. 45 Duties and powers of Sanitary Authority
  45. 46 Powers of entry of Sanitary Authority
  46. 48 Removal of patient to hospital
  47. 49 Unlawful exposure to infectious disease
  48. 50 Disinfection of dwelling
  49. 51 Cleaning and disinfecting of premises
  50. 52 Order for disinfection of building
  51. 53 Compensation
  52. 54
  53. 55 Final assessment of compensation
  54. 56 Objection to assessment
  55. 57 Claim for more compensation
  56. 58
  57. 59
  58. 60 Notice of assessment
  59. 61 Distribution of compensation
  60. 62 Compensation for partial damage
  61. 63 Compassionate allowance
  62. 64 How to assess compensation
  63. 65
  64. 66 Where building insured
  65. 67
  66. PART IV: CERTIFICATES OF DEATH
  67. 68 Proclamation of area
  68. 69 Inquiring into cause of death
  69. 70 No burial without death certificate
  70. 71 Postmortem examination
  71. 72
  72. 74 Giving false certificate of death
  73. 75 Death occurring in an unproclaimed area
  74. 76 Making false statement
  75. 77 Offences
  76. PART V: DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC DISEASES
  77. 78 Minister to give notice of epidemic
  78. 79 Regulations to combat epidemic
  79. 79A Regulations to prevent resurgence of epidemic inserted by Act No 1 of 2020
  80. PART V: DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC DISEASES
  81. 80 Measures taken by Permanent Secretary
  82. 81 Sanitary Authority’s duties
  83. 82
  84. 83 Order to abate overcrowding
  85. PART VII: LEPROSY
  86. 122 Interpretation
  87. 123 Establishment of leper hospital
  88. 124 Notification of leprosy
  89. 125 Duty of Magistrate
  90. 126 Detention order
  91. 127 Voluntary submission to treatment
  92. 129 Duties of medical officer
  93. 130 Entry in leper hospital forbidden
  94. 131 Lawful detention
  95. 132
  96. 133 Cleaning and disinfection of residence
  97. 134 Photographs of detainee
  98. 135 Exemptions from this Part
  99. 136
  100. 137 Appeal from detention order
  101. 138 President’s powers
  102. 139 Offences
  103. PART VIII: PROTECTION OF FOOD
  104. 146 Buildings used to store food
  105. 147 Prohibitions
  106. 148 Appeal against notice to Magistrate
  107. 149 Offences
  108. PART IX: FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY
  109. 154 Offences
  110. PART X: HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES
  111. 155 Hospitals
  112. 156 Free admission
  113. 157 Medicines and medical appliances
  114. 158 Free issue of medicines
  115. 159 Medical advice
  116. 160 Offences
  117. 160A Issue of medical certificate
  118. PART XI: CEMETERIES
  119. 161 Cemeteries
  120. 162 List of authorised cemeteries
  121. 163 Permit to exhume
  122. 164 Conditions of permit to exhume
  123. 165 Exhumation and removal of body
  124. 166 Record of permit for exhumation
  125. 167
  126. PART XII: CREMATION
  127. 168 Cremation and burial
  128. 169 Permit required for cremation
  129. 170 Crematorium
  130. 171
  131. 172 Conditions of permit
  132. 173 Police inquiry
  133. 174 Time limit for cremation
  134. 175
  135. 176 Offences
  136. PART XIV: MISCELLANEOUS
  137. 177 Interpretation
  138. 177A Disposal of the dead
  139. 178 Sanitation works
  140. 179 Execution of sanitation works
  141. 180 Cost of works
  142. 181 Maintenance
  143. 182 Entry on lands
  144. 183 Financing of works
  145. 184 Permission to use basement
  146. 186 Offence under section 184
  147. 187 Smuggling of cast-off clothes
  148. 188 Seizure of cast-off clothes
  149. 189 Landing of bale of wearing apparel
  150. 190
  151. 191 Service of notice
  152. 192 Certiorari not applicable
  153. 193 Regulations
  154. 194 Offences
  155. 197 Fee to medical practitioner
  156. 199
  157. FIRST SCHEDULE
  158. 1
  159. 2 For drawing up a memorandum of survey and plan of any
  160. 3 For registration of a common lodging house ...................... 1 00