Section 16

The Director may order any person who is, or is suspected to be, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease to undergo surveillance for such period of time and subject to such conditions as the Director thinks fit.

Where the person who is to undergo surveillance under subsection (1) is a minor, the Director may order the parent or guardian of the minor to have the minor undergo surveillance for such period of time and subject to such conditions as the Director thinks fit.

Any person subjected to surveillance by the Director under subsection (1) who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any condition relating to the surveillance imposed by the Director shall be guilty of an offence.

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 (2) shall be guilty of an offence.