Clause 14

The Director may order the removal of any person who is a case or carrier or contact, or is suspected to be a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, for detention and isolation in a hospital or in any other suitable place for such period as the Director considers necessary.

If, in the opinion of the Director, any person suffering from an infectious disease can be properly attended to in his own dwelling place, the Director may permit that person to remain and be treated there for such period of time and subject to such conditions as he may determine.