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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1875.
Sec. 126. Any person who—
(1) While suffering from any dangerous (a) infectious disorder
wilfully exposes himself without proper precautions against
spreading the said disorder in any street, public place (b),
shop, inn, or public conveyance, or enters any public
conveyance without previously notifying to the owner,
conductor, or driver thereof that he is so suffering; or
(2) Being in charge or any person (c) so suffering, so exposes
such sufferer; or
(3) Gives, lends, sells, transmits, or exposes without previous
disinfection, any bedding clothing, rags or other things
which have been exposed to infection from any such
disorder,
shall be liable to a PENALTY not exceeding FIVE POUNDS;
and a person who, while suffering from any such disorder, enters
any public conveyance without previously notifying to the owner
or driver that he is so suffering, shall in addition be ordered by
the court to pay such owner and driver the amount of any loss
and expense they may incur in carrying into effect the provisions
of this Act with respect to disinfection of the conveyance
(a) Dangerous Infectious Disorders include any of the following diseases:—
Small-pox, Cholera, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the Disease
known as Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, and the Fevers known by any of the names:
Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing, Continued or Puerperal, and also any
Infectious Disease to which the Act has been applied by the Local Authority in
manner provided by the Act.
(b) School, Church, &c..
(c) This person may be an adult as well as a child.