Public conveyance to be disinfected after carrying infected person

(1) Every owner, conductor or driver of a public conveyance shall immediately provide for the efficient disinfection of such conveyance after it has to his knowledge conveyed any person suffering from any infectious disease, and if he fails to do so is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. (2) No such owner, conductor or driver shall be required to convey any person so suffering until he is paid a sum sufficient to cover any loss or expenses he may incur in carrying into effect the provisions of this section.