Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 s 7
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s 7
(1) An authorized officer may—
(a) enter into and medically examine any vehicle at any time upon its arrival in Malaysia;
(b) medically examine any person, animal or article on board such vehicle; and
(c) take such samples as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the sanitary condition of such vehicle or article or the state of health of such person or animal.
(2) An authorized officer may order any part of any vehicle, which he has reason to believe to be contaminated or infested, to be disinfected, disinsected or deratted to that officer’s satisfaction.
(3) If in the course of a medical examination under subsection (1) an authorized officer finds or has reason to believe that any person is infected or is a contact, he may order such person —
(a) to be removed to a quarantine station and detained therein for isolation or observation; or
(b) to be put under surveillance until such time as the disease is no longer communicable to others. Time for examination
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Seseorang pegawai diberikuasa boleh— Memasuki
(a) memasuki dan membuat pemeriksaan memeriksa perubatan ke atas mana-mana kenderaan pada kenderaan dan langkahbila-bila masa setibanya kenderaan itu di langkah Malaysia; selepas itu.
(b) membuat pemeriksaan perubatan ke atas mana-mana orang, binatang atau barang yang berada di atas • kenderaan sedemikian; dan
(c) mengambil apa-apa sampel yang perlu bagi maksud menentukan keadaan kebersihan kenderaan atau benda itu atau keadaan kesihatan orang atau binatang itu.
(2) Seseorang memerintahkan supaya mana-mana bahagıan sesuatu kenderaan yang dia mempunyai sebab untuk percaya
Masa pemeriksaan. Membawa masuk atau membawa keluar mayat dan organisma atau bahan patogenik. [Bah. III, S. 7-9] telah tercemar atau berintestası dıbasmı kuman, dıbasmı serangga atau dibasmı tikus sehingga pegawai itu berpuas hati.
(3) Jika semasa dia membuat pemeriksaan perubatan di bawah subseksyen (1) seseorang pegawai diberikuasa mendapati atau mempunyai sebab untuk percaya bahawa mana-mana orang telah dijangkiti atau adalah seorang kontak, dia boleh memerintahkan supaya orang itu-
(a) dipindahkan ke suatu stesen kuarantin dan ditahan di sana bagi pengasingan pemerhatian; dan
(b) diletakkan di bawah pengawasan sehingga penyakit itu tidak lagi dapat menjangkiti orang lain.
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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).
