Control of patients

(1) When, in the opinion of the Health Officer or any other officer duly authorised by him in this behalf any person is suffering from a communicable disease, the Officer may direct –

(a) that the person be kept in isolation in his home, or

(b) if the person is without proper lodging or accommodation or is lodged in such manner that he cannot in the opinion of the Officer, be properly isolated in his home, the removal of such person to a hospital or place at which patients suffering from such communicable diseases are received for treatment.

(2) No person who has been ordered to be in home isolation shall leave the home, and no person, who has been removed to a hospital or place shall leave the hospital or place, until he has been permitted to do so by the Health Officer or any other officer duly authorised by him in this behalf.