s 17 Isolation area
17. —(1) The Director-General of Health may, for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of an infectious disease, declare any premises to be an isolation area for a period not exceeding 90 days. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (2) The Director-General of Health may, from time to time, extend the period mentioned in subsection (1) for a period not exceeding 90 days at any one time, and this period must be specified in a notice published in the same manner as the notice of the declaration made under subsection (1). [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (2A) The Director-General of Health must cause to be published a notice of the declaration made under subsection (1) and any extension made under subsection (2) in a manner that he or she thinks necessary for bringing it to the notice of all persons who in his or her opinion ought to have notice of the declaration. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (2B) A declaration made under subsection (1) or any extension made under subsection (2) has effect — ( a ) as soon as notice is given in accordance with subsection (2A); and ( b ) until the expiry of the period specified in the declaration or extension, or until that declaration or extension is revoked by the Director-General of Health, whichever occurs first. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (3) The Director-General of Health may, in relation to an isolation area, by order — ( a ) prohibit any person or class of persons from entering or leaving the isolation area without the permission of the Director-General of Health; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] ( b ) prohibit or restrict the movement within the isolation area of any person or class of persons; ( c ) prohibit or restrict the movement of goods; ( d ) require any person or class of persons to report at specified times and places and submit to such medical examinations, answer such questions and submit to such medical treatment as the Director-General of Health thinks fit; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] ( e ) authorise the destruction, disposal or treatment of any goods, structure, water supply, drainage and sewerage system or other matter within the isolation area known or suspected to be a source of infection; and ( f ) prohibit, restrict, require or authorise the carrying out of any other act that may be prescribed. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) A Health Officer or a police officer may take any action that is necessary to give effect to an order under subsection (3). [10/2008] (5) Any person to whom an order under subsection (3) applies who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes the order shall be guilty of an offence. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (6) A person (including a person in a class of persons) who leaves or attempts to leave or is suspected of having left an isolation area in contravention of an order under subsection (3) may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, or by any Health Officer appointed under section 4(1)( a ), ( b ) or ( e ) and authorised in writing by the appropriate Minister. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (7) Without affecting any of the orders which the Director-General of Health may make under this Act, the Director-General of Health may issue an order under section 15 against a person who is arrested under subsection (6) as if the person were a person referred to in that section. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (8) Goods brought into or removed from an isolation area in contravention of an order under subsection (3) must be forfeited to the Government and may be seized, dealt with and disposed of in accordance with section 55(2) and (3) as if those goods were any substance or matter referred to in section 55(1)( c ). —(1) The Director-General of Health may, for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of an infectious disease, declare any premises to be an isolation area for a period not exceeding 90 days. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (2) The Director-General of Health may, from time to time, extend the period mentioned in subsection (1) for a period not exceeding 90 days at any one time, and this period must be specified in a notice published in the same manner as the notice of the declaration made under subsection (1). [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (2A) The Director-General of Health must cause to be published a notice of the declaration made under subsection (1) and any extension made under subsection (2) in a manner that he or she thinks necessary for bringing it to the notice of all persons who in his or her opinion ought to have notice of the declaration. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (2B) A declaration made under subsection (1) or any extension made under subsection (2) has effect — ( a ) as soon as notice is given in accordance with subsection (2A); and ( b ) until the expiry of the period specified in the declaration or extension, or until that declaration or extension is revoked by the Director-General of Health, whichever occurs first. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (3) The Director-General of Health may, in relation to an isolation area, by order — ( a ) prohibit any person or class of persons from entering or leaving the isolation area without the permission of the Director-General of Health; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] ( b ) prohibit or restrict the movement within the isolation area of any person or class of persons; ( c ) prohibit or restrict the movement of goods; ( d ) require any person or class of persons to report at specified times and places and submit to such medical examinations, answer such questions and submit to such medical treatment as the Director-General of Health thinks fit; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] ( e ) authorise the destruction, disposal or treatment of any goods, structure, water supply, drainage and sewerage system or other matter within the isolation area known or suspected to be a source of infection; and ( f ) prohibit, restrict, require or authorise the carrying out of any other act that may be prescribed. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) A Health Officer or a police officer may take any action that is necessary to give effect to an order under subsection (3). [10/2008] (5) Any person to whom an order under subsection (3) applies who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes the order shall be guilty of an offence. [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (6) A person (including a person in a class of persons) who leaves or attempts to leave or is suspected of having left an isolation area in contravention of an order under subsection (3) may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, or by any Health Officer appointed under section 4(1)( a ), ( b ) or ( e ) and authorised in writing by the appropriate Minister. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (7) Without affecting any of the orders which the Director-General of Health may make under this Act, the Director-General of Health may issue an order under section 15 against a person who is arrested under subsection (6) as if the person were a person referred to in that section. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (8) Goods brought into or removed from an isolation area in contravention of an order under subsection (3) must be forfeited to the Government and may be seized, dealt with and disposed of in accordance with section 55(2) and (3) as if those goods were any substance or matter referred to in section 55(1)( c ).