Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 s 6
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 s 6
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s 6 Declaration of infected area
(1) Whenever notification is received under the International Health Regulations that an infected area exists outside Malaysia, the Minister may by order in the Gazette declare such area to be an infected area for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare any other area outside Malaysia to be an infected area.
(3) The Minister may, by regulations made under this Act, prescribe the measures to be taken to prevent the introduction of any infectious disease into Malaysia from an infected area. Entry into and examination of vehicles and the measures thereafter
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Bilamana pemberitahuan diterima di bawah Pengisytieraturan-feraturan Kesihatan Antarabangsa bahawa hara erdapat suatu kawasan jangkitan di luar Malaysia, javaktan Menteri boleh perintah dalam Warta mengisytiharkan kawasan itu sebagai suatu kawasan jangkitan bagi maksud Akta ini.
(2) Walau apa pun peruntukan-peruntukan subseksyen (1), Menteri boleh, melalui perintah dalam Warta, mengisytiharkan mana-mana kawasan lain di luar Malaysia sebagai kawasan jangkitan.
(3) Menteri boleh, melalui peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, menetapkan langkahlangkah yang hendak diambil untuk mencegah kemasukan apa-apa penyakit berjangkit dari sesuatu kawasan jangkitan.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
