Section 58Part 14 — Emergency Powers
Emergency powers of Chief Medical Officer
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In case of urgency the Chief Medical Officer may, by order in writing, require any person to adopt any measures which that person considers necessary to prevent, or avert danger of, the spread of disease. Such an order shall specify the measures to be taken and shall be served personally by a Medical Officer of Health or an Environmental Health Officer who shall explain the matter to the persons concerned and superintend or assist in the carrying out of the measures specified.
Whoever makes default in complying with an order under subsection (1) or offers or threatens any resistance or obstruction to the carrying out of the order commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.