of this Act in regard to attendance for treatment of persons infected with sexually transmitted disease, and if
thereafter such person does not comply with those requirements, to report the matter to the district administrator.
(2) Upon receipt of any such report, the district administrator shall make such further inquiry, or shall make
such order or orders, or shall institute such proceedings, as he may deem necessary for the proper enforcement and
for the attainment of the objects of this Part.
(3) An order under this section may require the person named therein—
(a) to furnish a certificate by a medical practitioner as to whether he is or is not infected with a sexually
transmitted disease in a communicable form; or
(b) to attend at a specified time and place for examination by a medical practitioner named in the order; or
(c) to attend regularly for medical treatment at times and at a place specified in such order; or
(d) to proceed or be removed to and to remain or be detained under treatment in a special hospital or place
of accommodation provided or established under this Part, either for a specified time or until cured or
free from the disease in a communicable form; or
(e) to comply with such other requirements as the district administrator may deem necessary for the proper
safe-guarding of the health of such person and of the public health.
(4) Any person who fails to comply with any order made under this section, or who escapes or attempts to
escape from any hospital in which he has been ordered to remain or to be detained, shall be guilty of an offence
and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both
such fine and such imprisonment.
[Section amended by section 12 of Act 12 of 1997 and by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001]
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[Section amended by section 12 of Act 12 of 1997]
51 Detention in hospital of infected persons
(1) Where any person sentenced to imprisonment under this Act or any other law is infected with a sexually
transmitted disease in a communicable form, he may, by order of the district administrator, be removed to a
special hospital or place of accommodation provided and be detained under treatment therein until the expiry of
his sentence; and the district administrator, on the representation of the Government medical officer or medical
practitioner treating such person, and if satisfied that the public health cannot otherwise adequately be safeguarded, and that such person when released is unlikely to undergo treatment of a medical practitioner for such
disease, may order that he be detained in such hospital or place either for a specified period after the expiry of his
sentence or until he is cured or free from the disease in a communicable form.
(2) Any person so detained in a hospital or other place of accommodation who escapes or attempts to escape
therefrom shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Section amended by section 12 of Act 12 of 1997 and by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001]
52 Medical examination of inhabitants in areas where sexually transmitted disease believed to
be prevalent
Where the Minister, on a report by the Chief Health Officer, has reason to believe that sexually transmitted
disease is prevalent amongst the residents in any premises or locality, he may issue an order requiring the examination by a medical practitioner of any person or of persons of any specified class or description residing therein.
Any person who refuses to comply with such order or with any lawful instructions given thereunder, or who
obstructs any medical practitioner or other duly authorized officer in the carrying out of such order, shall be guilty
of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three
months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Section amended by section 12 of Act 12 of 1997]
[Section as amended by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001]
53 Examination of females by women medical practitioners
Where any order is made under this Part requiring the medical examination of any female over the age of
twelve years and such female desires to be examined by a woman medical practitioner, such examination shall be
made by a woman medical practitioner if one is reasonably available.
[Section amended by section 12 of Act 12 of 1997]
54 Rights of persons detained in hospital
Any person detained in hospital under this Part shall be entitled to arrange, at his own expense, for his examination by any medical practitioner, and a report of such examination shall be furnished to the district administrator, who may thereupon cause to be made any further examination of such person which he may deem necessary.
No person shall be detained in hospital under this Part who is not, or is no longer, infected with a sexually transmitted disease in a communicable form.
[Section amended by section 12 of Act 12 of 1997]
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