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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 23/2008 :(b) Influenza A (H2), Influenza A (H5), Influenza A (H7) or Influenza A (H9); and
 * (c) Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

57. Persons prohibited from leaving Hong Kong without written permission of health officers

(1) If a health officer has reason to believe that a person—
 * (a) is suffering from a specified disease; or
 * (b) has been exposed to the risk of infection of a specified disease,

a health officer may, by order in writing, prohibit the person from leaving Hong Kong without the written permission of a health officer during a period specified in the order.

(2) A health officer shall serve a copy of the order on the subject of the order, either personally or by post, but whether or not it is served, the order comes into force immediately on being made.

(3) The subject of the order shall not leave Hong Kong without the written permission of a health officer during the period specified in the order.

(4) A health officer may attach any condition in writing as he considers appropriate to the permission referred to in subsection (3).

(5) A person who—
 * (a) knowingly contravenes subsection (3); or
 * (b) fails to comply with a condition attached under subsection (4),

commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

58. Power to stop and detain persons seeking to leave Hong Kong in contravention of section 57(3)

If a person seeks to leave Hong Kong in contravention of section 57(3), an appointed person may—
 * (a) stop and detain the person in a point of entry; or
 * (b) remove the person to and detain the person in another place,

so that a health officer may subject the person to a medical examination or a test.

59. Measuring temperature of travellers

(1) As a measure for preventing the introduction into and transmission from Hong Kong of a specified disease, any person authorized by the Director for the purpose of this subsection may take the body temperature of a traveller who is at a point of entry.