Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Amendment of section 15
In the principal Act, in section 15 —
replace subsections (1), (2) and (3) with —“(1) The Director‑General of Health may order the following persons to be detained and isolated in a hospital or other place for such period of time and subject to such conditions as the Director‑General of Health may determine:
any person who is a case or an at‑risk individual of an infectious disease;
any class of persons mentioned in paragraph (a);
any person who is suspected to be a case or an at‑risk individual of an infectious disease.(2) The Director‑General of Health may order the following persons to remain and to be isolated and (if necessary) be treated, in the person’s own residence for such period of time as may be necessary for the protection of the public and subject to such conditions as the Director‑General of Health may consider necessary for this purpose:
any person who is a case or an at‑risk individual of an infectious disease;
any class of persons mentioned in paragraph (a);
any person who is suspected to be a case or an at-risk individual of an infectious disease;
any person who has recently recovered from or been treated for an infectious disease.”;
in subsection (4), after “Any person”, insert “(including any person in a class of persons)”;
in subsection (4), after paragraph (a), insert —“(aa)without reasonable excuse, fails to proceed to the place in which the person is to be isolated as soon as possible, in a case where there is no time specified in the order;”; and
replace subsection (5) with —“(5) Subsection (4)(a) or (aa) does not apply where the person is already at the place he or she is ordered to be isolated in under subsection (1) or (2).”.