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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 23/2008 15. A health officer may—
 * (a) require a traveller to produce in respect of a disease specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation a certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis; (Section 19) and
 * (b) on request and on the payment of a fee, administer vaccination or prophylaxis to a traveller and issue a certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis certifying this matter. (Section 21)

16. This Part provides for the quarantine and isolation of persons, articles and places.

17. A health officer may by order place a person under quarantine or isolation respectively if he has reason to believe that the person is a contact or is infected with a specified infectious disease or place an article in isolation if he believes that it is infected with a specified infectious disease. (Sections 22 to 24)

18. A health officer may isolate a place to prevent the spread of a specified infectious disease. (Section 25)

19. An order of quarantine or isolation must specify the reason for and terms of the order, and in order to execute it, a health officer may remove and detain the subject of the order and subject him to conditions. (Sections 26 and 27)

20. If a person who is placed under quarantine or isolation in a hospital or a similar establishment escapes, he may be stopped, detained and conveyed back to the place or any other place authorized by a health officer. (Section 28)

21. Without the permission of a health officer, a person who is placed under quarantine or isolation shall not leave his place of quarantine or isolation and no other person can enter it. Also, a person cannot bring into or take out from such a place any article. (Sections 29 and 30)

22. A person who knows he is a contact or an infected person is prohibited from exposing others to the risk of infection by being in any public place or public conveyance or carrying on a trade, business or occupation. A person who has the care of a contact or an infected person shall make every reasonable endeavour to prevent the contact or infected person from exposing others to the risk of infection. (Section 32)

23. A health officer may carry out a post-mortem examination on the body of a person if he believes that the body is infected with a specified infectious disease. (Section 33)