Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of section 16

In the principal Act, in section 16 —

(a)

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) The Director‑General of Health may order the following persons to undergo surveillance for such period of time and subject to such conditions as the Director‑General of Health thinks fit:

(a)

any person who is a case or an at‑risk individual of an infectious disease;

(b)

any class of persons mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c)

any person who is suspected to be a case or an at‑risk individual of an infectious disease.”;

(b)

delete subsections (2) and (4);

(c)

in subsection (3), after “Any person”, insert “(including any person in a class of persons)”; and

(d)

in subsection (3), after “comply with”, insert “an order made under subsection (1) or”.