VACCINATION ORDINANCE, 1923

VACCINATION ORDINANCE, 1923

No. 12 of 1923.

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to vaccination.

[31st December, 1923.]

This Ordinance may be cited as the Vaccination
Ordinance, 1923.

2. In this Ordinance,

(a) Child means any, person under fourteen years of
age.

(b) Guardian means the father, mother, or other person
who for the tinie being has in fact the custody of any child
or of any pupil in any school.
(c) Medical Officer of Health includes Assistant Medical
Officer of Health, and Health Officer of the Port includes
Second Health Officer of the Port.

(d) Registered medical practitioner means a registered

practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Registration
Ordinance, 1884.
(e) Public vaccinator means any person appointed by
the Governor under section 3 (1) for the purpose of vaceinat-
ing persons.
Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent
mean respectively Superintendent of Vaccination and Deputy
Superintendent of Vaccination.

General.

3.-(1) The Governor may appoint any person to be
Superintendent of Vaccination and any other persons to be
Deputy Superintendents of Vaccination, and any other persons
to be public vaccinators (with such salaries as he may
determine) for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may also
appoint any place within the Colony or the waters thereof
for the purpose of public vaccination, or to be a Government
quarantine station.

(2) The Governor may also, in any time of emergency,
authorise any other persons to perform vaccinations.





(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor at any time to
cancel or revoke any appointment or atithorisation made or

given under sub-sections (1) or (2).

4. No person shall perform the operation of vaccination
upon -any other person, unless he is either-

(a) a registered medical practitioner, or

(b) a public vaccinator, or

(c) a person authorised by the Governor under section 3 (2)
to perform vaccinations in any time of emergency.

5. Every person who produces or attempts to produce in
himself or in any other person by inoculation with variolous
matter or by wilful exposure to variolous matter or to any,
matter, article or thing impregnated with variolous matter,
or wilfully, by any other means whatsoever, produces or
attempts to produce, the disease of small-pox in himself or
in any other person, shall be guilty of an offence against
this Ordinance.

6.-(1) It shall. be lawful for the Governor in Council to
make regulations in respect of the following matters:-

(a) the duties and powers of all officers appointed under
this Ordinance;

(b) the fee., if any, to be paid for vaccination by a public
vaceinator, the method of payment thereof, and the time
and place of vaccination ;

(c) the forms of certificates to be given under this Ordi-
nance; and

(d) all such other matters not hereinbefore specifically
mentioned as may conduce to the better carrying out of this
Ordinance.

(2) The regulations in the First Schedule shall be in
force until altered or amended by regulations made under
this Ordinance.

(3) The forms in the Second Schedule shall be in force
until altered or amended by regulations made under this
Ordinance.





(4) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be
laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first
meeting thereof held after the -publication in the Gazette
of the making of such regulations, and if a resolution is
passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Council held
after such regulations have been laid on the table of the
said Council resolving that any such regulation shall be
rescinded or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said
regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done there-
under, be deemed to be rescinded or amended, as the case
may be, as from the date of publibation in the Gazette of
the passing of such resolution.

7. The signatures required on any of the forms in the
Second Schedule and on any other forms that may be here-
after authorised by regulations made under this Ordinance,
shall be written by the hand of the person purporting to
sign, and no person shall employ or cause to be employed
any type, stamp, chop or other device to reproduce any
signature on any of the said forms.

8. The keeper of every hotel or boarding-house licensed
under the provisions of the regulations made under the
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, and the Boarding-
house Ordinance, 1917, shall display in a conspicuous
position in such hotel or boarding-house all notices relating
to vaccination sent to him by the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs for the purpose of being so displayed.

Certificates of vaccination or of successful vaccinalton for
use within or without the colony.

9. Subject to any regulations that may be made under
this Ordinance, no person shall give a certificate of success-
ful vaccination unless he is either-

(a) a registered medical practitioner, or
(b) a public vaccinator,
and no person shall give a certificate of vaccination unless.
he is either-
(a) a registered medical practitioner, or
(b) a public vaccinator, or
(c) a person authorised by the Governor under section
3.(2) to perform vaccinations in any time of emergency.





10. No person shall give a certificate of vaccination Of
any person unless he shall have himself performed the,
operation upon such person.

11. No person shall give a certificate of successful
vaccination of any person, unless he shall have himself
performed the operation upon such person, and shall
also have satisfied himself by personal inspection that the
operation was successful.

12.-(1) Any certificate of vaccination given for an
emigrant shall be in Forin No. 1 in the Second Schedule.

(2) Any certificate of vaccination given other than for
a child or an emigrant shall be in Form No. 2 in the
Second Schedule.

(3) Any certificate of successful vaccination aiven other
than for a child shall be in Form No. 3 in the Second
Schedule.

13. The provisions of sections 9, 10, 11 and 12 shall
apply to all certificates of vaccination, or of successful
vaccination, given. for use either within or without the
Colony.

vaccination of children

14.-(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) to
(10), every child. born or resident within the Colony shall be
snecessfully vaccinated.

(2) The guardian of every child born within the Colony
shall cause such child to be successfully vaccinated witbin
six months of its birth.

(3) The guardian of every child brought within the Colony
shall cause such child to be successfully vaccinated within
one month of its being so brought for the first time.

(4) Every guardian who obtains the custody of an
unvaccinated child after the expiration of the said respective
periods of six months or one month, referred to in sub-
sections (2) and (3), shall cause such child to be successfully
vaccinated forthwith.





(5) The guardian of any child who is to be vaccinated
shall. take the child or cause the. child to be taken to a
registdred medical practitioner or to a public vaccinator for
vaccination, and shall further take the child or cause the
child to be taken for inspection after the operation at any
time or times directed, and to the place or places appointed,
by the registered -medical. practitioner or public vaccinator
who has performed the operation.
(6) Such registered medical practitiouer or public vaccl-
nator shall, on personal inspection of the successful vaccination
of the child, give to the guardian of the child a certificate.
to that effect which may be in Form No. 4 in the Second.
Schedule.
(7) (a) lf the Snperintendent or a Deputy Superintendent
or any registered medical practitioner is of opinion that any
child is not a fit and proper subject to be successfully
vaccinated, he may give to the guardian of the child a certif-
icate in Form No. 5 in the Second Schedule and such
certificate shall remain in force for a period not exceeding
two months froin the date thereof.
(b) If the child is not successfully vaccinated before the
termination of such perjod of two months, the said certificate,
on the application of the guardian, may be renewed by the
Superintendent or by a Deputy Superintendent or by a
registered medical practitioner during each succeed

period of two months until the, child has been successfully
vaccinated; and every renewal shall be indorsed on the
certificate and dated as of the date of such renewal, and shall
be signed by the Superintendent or by the Deputy Superin-
tendent or the registered medical practitioner granting the
renewal.
(c) The production of any unexpired certificate of unfitness
for successful vaccination shall be a stifficient defence against
any complaint which may be brought against the guardian
for non-compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance in
respect of the vaccination of the child.
(d) If the Superintendent or a Deputy Superintendent or
a registered medical practitioner. finds that a child who has
been three times unsuccessfully vaccinated is insusceptible
of successful vaccination, or that a child brought for vaccina-
tion has already had small-pox, he shall give to the guardian
of the child a certificate in Form No. 6 in the Second





Schedule and the guardian shall thenceforth not bc required
to cause the child to be vaccinated.

(9) No guardian shall be liable to any penalty- for not
causing a child to be vaccinated at any`time between the
1st day of May and the 30th day of September in any year,
but this provision shall not have the effect of preventing the
time from running against a guardian for the purpose of com-
putMe, the periods of six months or one month referred to
in sub-sections (2) and (3) respectively: Provided that in any
case where either of the said periods expires at any time.
between the 1st day of May and the 30th day of September All
any year, the guardian of the child shall cause such child to
be successfully vaccinated before the 1st day of November in
that year.

(10) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section
shall be deemed to be a continuing offence.

15. In any prosecution under this Ordinance--

(a) if any person appears to the magistrate to have had
the eustod of a child, it shall, until the contrary is proved,
be presumed that such person had the custody of such child;

(b) if any child has been found within the Colony, it shall,
until the contrary is proved, be presumed that a period of
one month has elapsed since such child Was brought within
the Colony for the first time;

(c) if it appears to the magistrate that any person who is
alleged in the charge to. have been a child at the date of the
alleged offence was a child at such date, it shall, until the
contrary is proved, -be presumed that such person was a
child at such date;

(d) if it appears to the magistrate that any child was over
the age of six months at the date of the alleged offence,
it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that such
child was over the age of six months at such date;

(e) if any person alleges any previous successful vaccina-
tion, the onus of proving such allegation shall he on such
person.





Vaccination of persons subjected to the risk of infection
and of persons desiring to land in the Colony.

16.-(1) If the Medical Officer of Health, or any public
vaccinator deputed for the purposes of this section by the
Medical Officer of Health, considers that it is desirable that
aRy person, who in his opinion. has been subjected to the
risk of infection from small-pox, should be vaccinated or
re-vaccinated, he may direct such person to be vaccinated or
re-vaccinated forthwith, and shall, if required by such person,
either by himself or by some other qualified person perform
such vaccination or re-vaccination free of charge.

(2) If such person refuses to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated
forthwith, the Medical Officer of Health may, by warrant in
Form No. 7 in the Second Schedule order that such person
be detained in a Government quarantine station for any
period not exceeding ten days, and may cause such person to
be removed thereto, and any such person may be detained
by any public vaccinator or by any public officer for such
time as may reasonably be necessary for the purpose of
obtaining and executing the warrant of the Medical Officer
of Health under this sub-section.

17.-(1) Whenever the Health Officer of the Port notifies
the owners, charterers, agents or master of any ship that he
requires the vaccination or re-vaccination of any persons who
have arrived in the Colony on board such ship and who desire
to land in the Colony, such ship shall anchor at a quarantine
anchorage and, except with the permission of the health
Officer of the Port,, no such person shall land in the Colony
until he has been vaccinated or re-vaccinated, as the case
may be.

(2) If any such person refuses to bc vaccinated or re-
vaccinated, the health Officer of the Port may, by warrant in
form no. 8 in the Second Schedule, order that such person be
detained in a Government quarantine station for any period
not exceeding ten days, and may cause such person to be
removed thereto.

(3) The master shall detain on the ship any such person
who is not permitted to land in the Colony and may use any
means reasonably necessary for that purpose.





(4) If such person lands in the Colony without the
permission of the Health Officer of the Port, the Health Officer
of the Port or a magistrate may, by warrant in Form
No. in the Second Schedule, order that such person be
detained in a Government quarantine station for any period
not exceeding ten days, and may cause such person to be
removed thereto, or the Health Officer of the Port may make
all order that such person be returned to his port of embarka-
tion by or at the expense'of the agents of the ship by which
he was brought to the Colony, and the health Officer of the
port or a magistrate may, by warrant in Form No. 8 in the
second Schedule, order that such person be detained in a
Government quarantine station pending his re-embarkation,
and may cause such person to be removed to such station.

18. Where a warrant has been issued for the detention
of any person in a Government quarantine station under the
provisions of section 16 (2) or of section 17 (2) or 17 (4),
such person shall be liable to pay all or any of the charges
incurred. by reason of his detention in such station, and in
the event of his refusal or inability to pay such charges,
shall be liable to have his effects seized, detained and sold
to defray such charges. Such person shall further, if he
escapes or attempts to escape from such station or from the
custody of any person removing him to such station, be,
gailty of an offence against this Ordinance, and may be
arrested by any person removing him to such station or by
any officer or servant of such station or by any police officer,
and be conveyed to and detained in such station.

19. Where any person who inay be required to be vacci-
nated or re-vaceinated. under the provisions of section 16 (1)
or of section 17 (1) is, in the opinion of the Medical Officer
of Health or the Healtb Officer of the Port, as the case may
be, not in a fit or proper state to be vaccinated or
re-vaecinated or has already suffered from. small-pox or
has already been successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated
within five years immediately preceding, no further vacci-
nation or re-vaccination shall be compulsory.

Vaccination of inmates of reformatories, prisons, etc.

20.-(1) As soon as practicable after any person is
received as an inmate of any reformatory-, refuge, industrial
school, charitable institution, lunatic asylum or prison, the
master or other person in charge of such establishment, or





the keeper or gaoler of such prison, shall, at the expense
of such establishment or prison, cause such inmate to be

successfulty vaccinated by a registered medical practitioner
or by a public vaccinator.

(2) Vaccination under this section shall not be compolsory
in any of the following cases:-
(a) in the ease of an inniate who produces satisfactory
evidence that he has been successfully vaccinated within the
five years immediately preceding or that he is not susceptible
of successful vaccination; nor
(b) in the case of an inmate, who, in the opinion of a
registered medical practitioner, cannot be submitted to the
operation without danger to the inmate; nor

(c) in the case of an inmate of a lunatic asylum, where
the medical officer of the institution is of opinion that for
any reason the operation would be inexpedient; nor

(d) in any case which may be excluded by regulation
from the operation of this section.

Vaccination of pupils attending schools.

21.-(1) The guardian of every unvaccinated pupil at-
tending any school in the Colony at the commencement of
this Ordinance shall cause such pupil to be successfully
vaccinated within six months of such date.

(2) The guardian of every unvaccinated pupil admitted
to any school in the Colony after the commencenient of this
Ordinance shall cattse siieli. pupil. to be successfully vaccl-
nated within six months of his admission to such school.

(3) After the expiration of the said respective periods
of six months, no papil who is liable to be vaccinated
under the provisions of this section shall be allowed by
his guardian to attend any school in the Colony until he has
been successfully vaccinated.

(4) For all the purposes of this section, the provisions
of section 14 (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (10) relating to vaccina-
tion, and to certificates of successful vaccination, unfitness,
and insusceptibility shall apply.
As amended by law Rev. Ord., 1924.





Registration.

22. Every certificate given under section 14 (6) shall be
produced within seven days after the date thereof by the
guardian of the child to the Head of the Sanitary Depart-
ment, who shall-

(1) if the child's name is entered in the Register of

Births, enter the word Vaccinated opposite the name of
the child in the Register, or

(2) if the child's name is not so entered, enter the child's
name and the fact that the child has been successfully
vaccinated in some other book to be kept for the purpose :

Provided that in any ease svhere a child has been vaccinated
in accordance with the provisions of this. Ordinance, and
the person who has performed the operation is prevented
by reason of death, absence from the Colony, or any
other cause that may appear sufficient to the Head of
the Sanitary Department, from giving a certificate of sue-
cessful vaccination to the guardian of the child, it shall be
lawful for the Head of the Sanitary Department,.if he is
satisfied, -upon such evidence as he shall think fit, that the
operation was successful, to register the successful vaccina-
tion of the child in the manner provided by this section,
notwithstanding the fact that a certificate of successful
vaccination has not been produced to him by the guardian
of the child.

23. Every certificate given or renewed under section
14 (7) shall be produced within seven days after the date of
giving and of every renewal thereof, as the case may be, by
the guardian of the child to the Head of the Sanitary Depart-
ment, who shall enter the particulars of the same in a book
to be kept by him for that purpose.

24. every certificate given under section 14 (8) shall be
produced within seven days after the date thereof by the
guardian of the child to the Head of the Sanitary Depart-
ment, who shall-

(1) if the child's name is entered in the Register of Births,
enter the word Insusceptible opposite the name. of such
child in the Register, or





(2) if the child's narne is not so entered, enter the child's
name and the fact that the child has been certified insus-
ceptible of successful vaccination in some other book to be
kept for the purpose.

25.-(1) There shall be kept at each place appointed
under this Ordinance for the purpose of public vaccination
a register of all children vaccinated at such place.

(2) The register shall be called The Public Vaccinator's
Register, and the entries therein shall be made at the time
of vaccination aild inspection by the public vaccinator
according to the form and partictilars in form no. 9 in the
Second Schedule.

Penalty.

26. Every person who contravenes or falls to comply with
any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any of the
regulations made thereunder shall apon summary conviction
be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars, and to Imprisonment for any term not exceeding six
months.

Cancellalion of appointments.
27. The appointment of all public vaccinators who were
appointed under any powers existing immediately before the
commencement of this Ordinance are hereby cancelled as
from the commencement of this Ordinance.

[s. -28, rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]

commencement

29. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the
31st day of December, 1923.

FIRST SCHEDULE. [s. 6 (2).]

REGULATIONS.

1. The Superintendent shall, unless he is of opinion that an examination
may be dispensed with, examine or cause to be examined every candidate
for the appointment of public vaccinator and shall report the result thereof
to the Governor in writing.

As amended by Law Rer. Ord., 1924.





The Superinterident shall also, if he considers it desirable, before any
such examination cause such course of instruction in vaccination as he shall
think necessary to be given to any candidate for the appointment of public
vaccinator.

2. It shall not be lawful for any public vaccinator without the consent in
writing of the Superintendent to advertise or publish his name as being a
public vaccinator or authorised to issue certificates of vaccination or suc-
cessful vaccination.

3. Any public vaccinator may be suspended at any time from the exercise
of his duties by- the Superintendent for reasons of inefficiency or for any
other reason which in the opinion of the Superintendent may interfere with
the proper performance of his ditties its such public vaceinator. Every such
suspension with the reasons therefor shall be reported in writing to the
Governor forthwith.

4. No material other than vaccine lymph provided by the Government or
specially approved of in writing by the Superintendent, shall be used for
viccination.

5. Every local station or place appointed for public vaccination shall he
open for public vaccination during such hours as shall be appointed by the
Superintendent. A notice in English and Chinese approved of by the
Superintendent shall be posted outside every such station or place stating
the hours during which the same is open for public vaccination and that no
fee is payable for such vaccination or the granting of certificates thereof.


6. No public vaccinator shall without the consent of the Superintendent
or a Deputy Superintendent perform the operation of vaccination upon any
person except at the station or place to which he has been appointed.

7. No fee shall be payable to any public vaccinator for performing the
operation of vaccination or for granting a certificate of vaccination or of

successful vaccination except in the case of emigrants.

8. Every emigrant who in the opinion of the health Officer of the Port
is not sufficiently protected against small-pox shall be vaccinated by a
Public vaceinator at such station or place as the Health Officer of the Port
shall appoint and if required by him subject to his supervision. The public
vaccinator performing the operation shall give to such emigrant a certificate
of vaccination in Form No. 1 in the Second Schedule to C the Vaccination
Ordinance, 1923. The fee payable for eachsuch certificate shall be twenty
cents, which shall he paid to the Emigration Officer in such manner as the
Emigration Officer shall direct.





SECOND SCHEDULE. [ss. 6 (3), 7]

FORMS.

Form No. 1. [s. 12 (1).]

Hongkong.
certificate of vaccination for an emigrant.
Name . .......................sex male/
Female

Date of this certificate ....................................................
Place of issue .....................................................
Present ave of emigrant
Number of previous vaccination warks now distinctly
visible
Number of new vaccination marks made this day ....................

Left thumb signature and description of vaccinating officer
print of
emigrant. ..................................................................

................................................... ..................
Fee- : 20 cents-

form no. 2 [ss. 9, 10 and 12 (2).]

Hongkong.

Certificate of vaccination other than for a child or an emigrant.
Name .........................Sex Male
..............................Female
Date of this certificate .............................................................

Place of issue .........................

Present age of applicant ...........................................................

Number of previous vaccination marks now distinctly visible .............

Number of new vaccination marks made this day

Signature and description of vaceinating officer.

.................

N.B.-No fee is payable for this certificate. This certificate does not imply that the
vaccination operation has been successful. If the person vaccinated wishes for
a certificate of successful vaccination, he inust apply to the officer vaccinating
him at the date, time and place prescribed.





Form No. 3.[ss. 9, 11 and 12 (3).]
Hongkong.

Certificate of voccination other than for a child.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have personally vaccinated
(fill in name and sex of person vacrinated) of
and that I have this day satisfied myself by personal inspection that the
operation was successful.
Dated the day of 19
(Signed.)
Saperinendent, Deptity superintendent, Registered
Medical Practitioner or Public Encrinator.
N.B.13-No fee is payable to any public vaccinator for this vaccination or the granting
of this certificate.

Form No. 4. [ss. 14 (6) and 122.]

Certificite of successful caccination of child.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have personally vaccinated

(fill in name, if any, date of birth, sex and parentage of child) of
and that I have this day satisfied myself hy personal inspection that the
operation Was Successful.
Dated the daY of 19
(Signed.)

Superintendent. deputy Superintendent, Registered
Medical Practitioner or public vaccinator.

N.B.-no fee is payable for this certrificate. this certificate must, within
seven days after the date thereof, be produced by the guardian of the child
to the head of the sanitary department.

form no. 5 [ss. 14(7) and 23.]

hongkong

certificate of unfitness for successful caccination of child.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am of opinion that (fill in
name, if any, date of birth, sex and parentage of child) of
is not now in a fit and proper state to be successfully
vaccinated for the following reasons, viz: and that I have
recommedned the postponement of the vaccination until the day
of (a) 19, day
dated the day of 19
(signed)

superintendent, deputy superintendent,
or registered medical practitioner.


N.B.-(1) after the expiration of the above period this certificate may be renewed by
the superintendent or by a deputy superintendent or by a medical parctitioner.
.
(2) this certificate must, within seven days after the date thereof, and within seven
days after the date of every renewal thereof, be produced by the guardian of the child to
the head of the sanitary department for registration.






FORM No. 6. [ss. 14 (8) and 24.]
hongkong
Certifleate of insusceptibility of successful vaccination of child.
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am of opinion that [fill in
name, if any, date of birth, sex, and parentage of child] of is
insusceptible of successful vaccination.
Dated the day of '19
(Signed.)
Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent
or Registered Medical Praclitiotter.
N.B.-This certificate must, within seven days after the date thereof, be produced by
the guardian of the child to the Read of the Sanitary Department.

FORM No. 7.
WARRANT FOR DETENTION. [s. 16 (2).]
vaccination Ordinance, 1923.

Hongkong.
To the Captain Superintendent of Police and to each and all of the police
officers and sanitary inspectors of the Colony, and to the officer in charge of
the Government quarantine station at
Whereas of has in my opinion
been subjected to the risk of infection from small-pox, and has refused to
be vaccinated (or re-vaccinated) forthwith :
These are therefore to command you to take the said
and to remove him to the Government quarantine station at
, and to detain him at the said station for a period not exceeding
ten days from the date hereof.
Dated the day of 19
(Signed.)
Medical Officer of Health.
FORM No. 8. [s. 17 (2) and 4.]
WARRANT FOR DETENTION.

Vaccination Ordinance, 1928.
Hongkong
To the Captain Superintendent of Police and to each and all of the police
officers and sanitary inspectors of the Colony, and to the officer in charge of
the Government quarantine station at
Whereas of has been required
under the provisions of section 17 (1) of the Vaccination Ordinance, 1923,
to be vaccinated (or re-vaccinated), and has refused to be so vaccinated (or
re-vaccinated), (or has landed in the Colony without the permission of the
health Officer of the Port) :

These are therefore to command you to take the said
and to remove him to the Government quarantine station at
and to detain him at the said station for a period not exceeding ten days.
from the date hereof (or pendiacr his re-embarkation)i

Dated the day of 19
(Signed.)
health Officer of the Port or Magistrate.

FoRm No. 9. [s. 25 (2).]
Public vaccinator's register.
Hongkong.
Public Vaccinator's Register atstation.
Public Vaccinator.
[Originally No. 12 of 1923. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Ordinance No. 1 of 1884. Appointment of officers and vaccination and quarantine stations. Vaccinations to be performed by certain persons only. Inoculation. Regulations. First Schedule. Second Schedule. Signatures on forms. Second Schedule. Display of notices by hotel or boarding-house keepers. Ordinances Nos. 30 of 1915 and 23 of 1917. Certificates to be given by certain persons only. Certificates of vaccination. Certificates of successful vaccination. Forms of certificates. Second Schedule. Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3. Application of ss. 9, 10, 11 and 12. Vaccination of all children. Children born within the Colony. Children brought within the Colony. Duty of guardian obtaining custody of unvaccinated child after time allowed for vaccination. [s. 14 contd.] Procedure for vaccination of children. Certificate of successful vaccination. Second Schedule. Form No. 4. Giving and effect of certificate of unfitness for successful vaccination. Second Schedule. Form No. 5. Giving and effect of certificate of insusceptibility of successful vaccination. Second Schedule. Form No. 6. Exception of period from May 1 to September 30 in any year. Continuing offence. Presumptions and onus. Custody. Length of residence. Child Age. Previous successful vaccination. Vaccination of person subjected to the risk of infection. Second Schedule. Form No. 7. Vaccination of persons desiring to land in the Colony. Second Schedule. Form No. 8. Second Schedule. Form No. 8. Detention in Government quarantine station. Exemption. Vaccination of inmates of reformatories, prisons, school, etc. Vaccination of pupils attending schools at commencement of Ordinance. Vaccination of pupils admitted to schools after commencement of Ordinance. Pupils liable to be vaccinated not to attend schools. Application of previous provisions of Ordinance. Registration of certificate of successful vaccination. Registration of certificate of unfitness for successful vaccination. Registration of certificate of insusceptibility of successful vaccination. Public Vaccinator's Register of children vaccinated. Second Schedule. Form No. 9. Penalty. Cancellation of appointment of all existing public vaccinators. Commencement. (a) Not to exceed two months from the date of the certificate.

[Originally No. 12 of 1923. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Ordinance No. 1 of 1884. Appointment of officers and vaccination and quarantine stations. Vaccinations to be performed by certain persons only. Inoculation. Regulations. First Schedule. Second Schedule. Signatures on forms. Second Schedule. Display of notices by hotel or boarding-house keepers. Ordinances Nos. 30 of 1915 and 23 of 1917. Certificates to be given by certain persons only. Certificates of vaccination. Certificates of successful vaccination. Forms of certificates. Second Schedule. Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3. Application of ss. 9, 10, 11 and 12. Vaccination of all children. Children born within the Colony. Children brought within the Colony. Duty of guardian obtaining custody of unvaccinated child after time allowed for vaccination. [s. 14 contd.] Procedure for vaccination of children. Certificate of successful vaccination. Second Schedule. Form No. 4. Giving and effect of certificate of unfitness for successful vaccination. Second Schedule. Form No. 5. Giving and effect of certificate of insusceptibility of successful vaccination. Second Schedule. Form No. 6. Exception of period from May 1 to September 30 in any year. Continuing offence. Presumptions and onus. Custody. Length of residence. Child Age. Previous successful vaccination. Vaccination of person subjected to the risk of infection. Second Schedule. Form No. 7. Vaccination of persons desiring to land in the Colony. Second Schedule. Form No. 8. Second Schedule. Form No. 8. Detention in Government quarantine station. Exemption. Vaccination of inmates of reformatories, prisons, school, etc. Vaccination of pupils attending schools at commencement of Ordinance. Vaccination of pupils admitted to schools after commencement of Ordinance. Pupils liable to be vaccinated not to attend schools. Application of previous provisions of Ordinance. Registration of certificate of successful vaccination. Registration of certificate of unfitness for successful vaccination. Registration of certificate of insusceptibility of successful vaccination. Public Vaccinator's Register of children vaccinated. Second Schedule. Form No. 9. Penalty. Cancellation of appointment of all existing public vaccinators. Commencement. (a) Not to exceed two months from the date of the certificate.

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