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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 23/2008 :(a) the reason for quarantine or isolation; and
 * (b) the terms of quarantine or isolation.

27. Power to remove and detain persons for quarantine and isolation

To place a person under quarantine or isolation, a health officer may—
 * (a) remove the person to a place in which the person is to be quarantined or isolated;
 * (b) detain the person at a place of quarantine or isolation; and
 * (c) subject the person to such conditions as the health officer may specify.

28. Escape from quarantine or isolation in hospitals or other establishments

(1) If a person who is placed under quarantine or isolation in a hospital, home for the aged, child care centre, convalescent centre or a similar establishment escapes, the person may be—
 * (a) stopped and detained by any member of the staff of the establishment from which the person escaped;
 * (b) conveyed to—
 * (i) the establishment from which the person escaped; or
 * (ii) any other place authorized by a health officer; and
 * (c) detained in the establishment or place.

(2) A person shall not obstruct, or assist in obstructing, a member of the staff of an establishment referred to in subsection (1) in the exercise of a power under this section.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 months.

29. Entry and exit restrictions

(1) A person shall not leave a place in which that person is placed under quarantine or isolation.

(2) A person other than a health officer shall not—
 * (a) enter a place in which another person is placed under quarantine or isolation; or
 * (b) enter or leave a place that is placed under isolation,

without a written permission given under section 31.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.