PUBLIC HEALTH: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

PUBLIC HEALTH: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

APPLICATION OF ACT NOTICES

under s. 2

G.N. 144/1948
230/1949
127/1950
211/1950
178/1952
268/1970
88/1971

    It has been directed that the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall apply in whole or in part to Malawi as specified in the second column of the said Schedule—

SCHEDULE

Provisions of the Act		Malawi, or part thereof
The whole, except section 120		Those areas which are within a radius of two miles from the Monkey Bay Hotel, in the Mangochi District
PART I		The whole of Malawi
PART II		The whole of Malawi
PART III		The whole of Malawi
PART IV		The whole of Malawi
PART V		The whole of Malawi
PART VI		The whole of Malawi
PART VII		The whole of Malawi
PART VIII		The whole of Malawi
PART IX—    Sections 59–61 inclusive; 62 subsections (1)–(4) inclusive, (9), (10), (13), (15), (17), (19), and (23); 63–70 inclusive; and 72–77 inclusive		The whole of Malawi
Section 62 subsections (5)–(8) inclusive, (11), (12), (14), (16), (18), (20), (21), and (22); and 71	All Municipalities, Townships and the settled areas of Chinteche, Mzimba, Nkhotakota, Kasungu, Ncheu, Chiradzulu, Mulanje, Luchenza, Chikwawa
PART X—    Sections 79–94 inclusive	Those areas which are within a radius of four miles from the District Commissioner’s office at Zomba in the Zomba District The settled areas of the Thyolo District
PART XI—    Sections 96–100 inclusive and 102
PART XV—    Sections 120, 121, 124 and 125
PART X—    Sections 78 and 95		The whole of Malawi Those areas which are within a radius of one mile from the Cape Maclear Hotel in the Mangochi District
PART XI—    Sections 96–100 inclusive and 102
Section 101		The whole of Malawi
PART XII		The whole of Malawi
PART XIII		The whole of Malawi
PART XIV		The whole of Malawi
PART XV—Sections 122,123 and 126		The whole of Malawi
PART XVI		The whole of Malawi

PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTED AREAS) (HUMAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS) RULES

under s. 31

G.N. 196/1952
197/1954(F)
224/1963

1.    Citation

    These Rules may be cited as the Public Health (Infected Areas) (Human Trypanosomiasis) Rules.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Rules, the expression “infected area” means any part of Malawi which has been declared by the Minister to be an infected area by reason of the disease of human trypanosomiasis under section 31 of the Act.

3.    Powers of officials

    The Secretary for Health, a medical officer, and any person authorized in writing by the Secretary for Health or a medical officer, may—

    (a)    require any person residing in an infected area who is suffering or suspected to be suffering from human trypanosomiasis to submit to medical examination;

    (b)    require any person who enters or leaves an infected area to submit to medical examination;

    (c)    cause any person found to be suffering from human trypanosomiasis or who has been in contact with any person suffering from human trypanosomiasis to be removed to a hospital or to any other place designated by the Secretary for Health for the reception of such persons;

    (d)    require any person found to be suffering from human trypanosomiasis to undergo medical treatment for that disease for such period of time and at such place as a medical officer may direct;

    (e)    provide any medical aids which may be required for the treatment of persons suffering from human trypanosomiasis, including the provision of emergency hospitals, camps and stations;

    (f)    require all persons resident in an infected area or in any part thereof to attend at such place as may be specified by the Secretary for Health for registration;

    (g)    require the owner of any vehicle normally kept in an infected area to register such vehicle at such place and in such manner as may be specified by the Secretary for Health;

    (h)    restrict the movement of vehicles or animals within an infected area;

    (i)    specify the areas in which wood may not be cut in an infected area;

    (j)    prohibit or control the entry of persons into an infected area who are not normally resident therein;

    (k)    prohibit or control any hunting within an infected area;

    (l)    require vehicles and persons to stop at any place indicated for the purpose and to submit to disinsectization to prevent the spread of tsetse flies.

4.    Entrance into places within infected area

    The Secretary for Health, a medical officer and any person authorized in writing by the Secretary for Health or a medical officer, may at all times enter into any building or place within an infected area for any purpose connected with the performance of any power conferred by rule 3.

5.    Offences

    Any person who—

    (a…