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Order for removal to and detention in asylum

Cap. 40, s. 111 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, after such inspection, examination and report as mentioned in section 110 of this Act, the Minister may if he thinks fit order the leper to be removed to and detained in a leper asylum. 59 (2) No person shall be detained in a leper asylum unless a certificate has been given by two registered medical practitioners, one of whom shall be the Director of Health Services or a medical officer of health, that he is actually suffering from the disease of leprosy.
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