Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act · s 47

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s 47Penalty for not vaccinating

(1)

Every parent or person having the custody of a child, who neglects to take such child or to cause it to be taken to be vaccinated or after vaccination to be inspected and does not render a reasonable excuse for his neglect, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $50, and upon conviction the court shall make an order directing such child to be vaccinated within a certain time.

(2)

If at the expiration of such time the child has not been so vaccinated or is not shown to be then unfit to be vaccinated, the person so ordered, unless he can show some reasonable ground for his omission to carry the order into effect, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $100, and for every day he has omitted to carry the order into effect a fine of

$10.