Chapter XV — SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH Conservancy and sanitation

Section 296Duty of persons suffering from dangerous disease

Section 296: Duty of persons suffering from dangerous disease

296. Duty of persons suffering from dangerous disease

No person shall—

(a)

knowing that he is suffering from a dangerous disease expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any public street or public place;

(b)

having the care of a person whom he knows to be suffering from a dangerous disease, cause or permit that person to expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any such street or place as aforesaid;

(c)

place or cause to be placed in a dustbin or other receptacle for the deposit of rubbish, any matter which he knows to have been exposed to infection from a dangerous disease and which has not been disinfected properly;

(d)

throw or cause to be thrown into any latrine or urinal any matter which he knows to have been exposed to infection from a dangerous disease and which has not been disinfected properly.