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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 23/2008
L.N. 159 of 2008
B3295
(c) a mortuary situated within the precincts of a military hospital; or
(d) a funeral parlour that is licensed under section 4 of the Funeral Parlours Regulation (Cap. 132 sub. leg. AD).

(2) A person who knowingly contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

36. Persons who die on cross-boundary conveyances

(1) If a person dies on a cross-boundary aircraft, cross-boundary vessel or cross-boundary public vehicle, its operator shall notify a health officer immediately.

(2) The operator of a cross-boundary aircraft, cross-boundary vessel or cross-boundary public vehicle shall comply with any directions as the health officer may give in respect of the disposal of the body.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

PART 7
Disease Control Measures

37. Order to carry out disease control measures in respect of points of entry or premises

(1) If a health officer—

(a) finds that a point of entry is in an insanitary condition; or
(b) has reason to believe that there exists or existed on any premises a case or source of a specified infectious disease,

the health officer may, by an order in writing served on the appropriate person referred to in subsection (2), require a disease control measure specified in the order to be carried out in respect of the point of entry or premises to the satisfaction of a health officer within the time specified in the order.

(2) The appropriate person referred to in subsection (1) is—

(a) in the case of a point of entry, its operator; or
(b) in the case of other premises, its owner or occupier.

(3) A health officer may, for the purpose of carrying out a disease control measure required to be carried out under subsection (1), close the premises or remove any person from it.

(4) Except with the permission of a health officer, a person other than a health officer shall not—