Interpretation of “infectious disease”

(1) In this Part, “infectious disease” means any of the following diseases, namely, acute poliomyelitis, alastrim, anthrax, bubonic plague, cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken pox, cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, encephalitis lethargica, erysipelas, ophthalmia neonatorum, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, rabies, scarlet fever, small-pox, enteric fever, puerperal fever, yellow fever and any other disease which the Director of Health Services with the approval of the Minister may have notified or may notify in the Gazette as being an infectious disease within the meaning of this Act. (2) No person shall be liable to any penalty under this Part until thirty days after the first publication of notification in the Gazette.