26. Duty of person ceasing to occupy house lately infected and penalty for failure to perform

fails to have such house or building or part of a house or building and all articles therein liable to retain infection disinfected to the satisfaction of the health officer, as testified by a certificate signed by him, or to have such articles destroyed;

fails to give to the owner or occupier of such house or building, or part of a house or building, notice of the previous existence of such disease; or

on being questioned by the owner or occupier of or any person negotiating for the hire of such house or building or part of a house or building as to the fact of there having within 6 weeks previously been therein any person suffering from any infectious disease, knowingly makes a false statement to such question, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $400.