Singapore legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Isolation of certain persons
(1)
The Director may order any person who is, or is suspected to be, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease to be detained and isolated in a hospital or other place for such period of time and subject to such conditions as the Director may determine.
(2)
The Director may order any person who is, or is suspected or continues to be suspected to be, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, or who has recently recovered from or been treated for such disease, to remain and to be isolated and (if necessary) be treated, in the person’s own dwelling place —
for such period of time as may be necessary for the protection of the public; and
subject to such conditions as the Director may consider necessary for this purpose.
(3)
Where the person who is to be isolated under subsection (1) or (2) is a minor, the Director may order the parent or guardian of the minor —
to take the minor, within the time specified in the order, to the place in which the minor is to be isolated; or
to ensure that the minor remains in isolation in the minor’s own dwelling place,for such period of time and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Director.
(4)
Any person against whom an order under subsection (1) or (2) is made shall be guilty of an offence if the person —
without reasonable excuse, fails to proceed to the place in which the person is to be isolated within the time specified in the order;
without the permission of the Director, leaves or attempts to leave the place in which the person is being isolated; or
without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any condition to which the person is subject.
(5)
Any person, being the parent or guardian of a minor, who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with an order of the Director under subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence.