Penalty for neglecting to report existence of any leper

(1) It shall be the duty of every person having knowledge of the existence of a leper in any place outside the limits of any asylum to give information thereof to the magistrate of the district in which the alleged leper resides or is found and the magistrate shall forthwith report it to the Director of Health (2) Every person wilfully neglecting to give such information, and every magistrate wilfully neglecting to report it, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable for each such offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. of a report. 40 of 1963.