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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 23/2008 :(a) enter or occupy; or
 * (b) bring any article into or take any article out of,

any premises closed under subsection (3).

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

38. Order to carry out disease control measures in respect of conveyances

(1) If a health officer—
 * (a) has reason to believe that there exists or existed on board a conveyance a case or source of a specified infectious disease; or
 * (b) finds that a cross-boundary conveyance is in an insanitary condition or is contaminated,

the health officer may, by order in writing served on the operator of the conveyance, require a disease control measure specified in the order to be carried out in respect of the conveyance to the satisfaction of a health officer within the time specified in the order.

(2) A health officer may, for the purpose of carrying out a disease control measure required to be carried out under subsection (1), stop, detain or close the conveyance or remove any person from it.

(3) Except with the permission of a health officer, a person other than a health officer shall not—
 * (a) board or remain in; or
 * (b) bring any article into or take any article out of,

a conveyance closed under subsection (2).

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

39. Wells

(1) If a health officer is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of preventing the introduction or spread of a specified infectious disease, the health officer may, by an order in writing served on the owner of a well, require the well to be filled up, cleansed or disinfected to the satisfaction of a health officer within the time specified in the order.

(2) Except with the permission of a health officer, a person other than a health officer shall not draw water from a well in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1) before the well is filled up, cleansed or disinfected as required by the order.

(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 6 months.