Offence and penalty for entering or exiting Belize contrary to regulation 29

(1) Every person entering or exiting Belize contrary to regulation 29 commits an offence is liable to– (a) mandatory quarantine; and (b) three months imprisonment. (2) A person convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this regulation is liable, in addition to the imposition of mandatory quarantine, to imprisonment for a period of one year. 37 (3) A person who is liable to mandatory quarantine under this regulation shall, if convicted, be quarantined– (a) for a period of time as directed by the Quarantine Authority; and (b) at a place to be determined by the Quarantine Authority. (4) Where a person arrested and charged but not convicted under this regulation is liable to mandatory quarantine, that person shall be subject to mandatory quarantine under