[Public health enactments, 1903-1926].

  • Federated Malay States
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1903-1926
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    of 8ej)tember 7, 1903, No. 27, Vol. VIII. FEDERATED MALAT BTATES. STATE OF NEGRI SEMBILAN. ENACTMENT No. 22 op 1903. An Enactment to make provision for Preventing tlie Introduction and Spread of Infectious and Contagions Diseases. Walter- Egerton, [20tli August, 1903.] British Resident. Tr is hereby enaet^'d by His Highness the Yang di Pevtuau aud Chiefs iu Council as follows:— 1. This Enactmeut may be cited as The Quarantine and Pre- shoii tiiieand vention of Disease Enactment, 1903, and shall come into force upon ^^p™™'' the publication thereof in the Oazette. SL In this jGuactmeiit, and in any rules made thereunder, unless interpretation, the i-cntext otJiorwise rtiquires— Cattle means bulls, cows, oxen, buffaloes, heifers and calves. Animals includes horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats and ,-: ' H-, and any Irind of four-footed beast, except clogs, ?*'od(ier means grass or other substance used for food for animals, itfcer means straw or other substance used for bedding or -e for or about animals. i.iease means any disease of an infectious or contagious nature ouij to mankind or animals, but does not include any venereal Diseased means infected with disease. Carcase means the carcase of an animal, or any portion thereof. Iloaltii Officer means any officer appointed by the Resident by ::.>' ication in Gazette to perform the duties imposed by this Enact- );. '.:. or the rule.:>^ji-iade thereimder on Health Officers, or any person ..iv.horised by suc}\ Health Office]- in writing to act as his deputy. Quarantine inems the compulsory detention in isolation for the )>urposes and under the provisions of this Enactment and of rules made thereunder, of any ship, person, animal, or thing, so that it or they hhall have no communi-..ation or traffic with any other ship, person, animal, or thiug or with a,,y place except in accordance with the said Enactment aud rules. 3. (i.) The Eesideut may, with Ihe approval of the Resident- Power to make Greneral, from time to time mo.ke such rules as may seem to him necessary or expedient for the pnr].^ose of preventing the introduction into the State of any disease, and also of preventing the spread of any disease.