Repealed1984 Revised Edition

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Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part IV · Vaccination

52. Vaccination of inmates of certain institutions

(1)

As soon as practicable after any person is received as an inmate of any place of detention, refuge, industrial school, charitable institution, lunatic asylum or other establishment for the poor or any prison, the master or other person in charge of such establishment, or the Superintendent or officer in charge of such prison, shall, at the expense of such establishment or prison, cause such inmate to be vaccinated by a public vaccinator.

(2)

Vaccination under this section shall not be compulsory in any of the following cases —

(a)

in the case of an inmate who produces satisfactory evidence that he has recently been successfully vaccinated or that he is not susceptible of successful vaccination;

(b)

in the case of an inmate who, in the opinion of a medical practitioner, cannot be submitted to the operation without danger to the inmate;

(c)

in the case of the inmate of a lunatic asylum, where the medical officer of the institution is of opinion that for any reason the operation would be inexpedient.

(3)

The Minister may by notification declare an age after which vaccination under this section shall not be compulsory.

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