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Cholera, he shall detain such ship, and order the Master forthwith to moor or anchor the
same in such position as such Officer of Customs shall direct ; and thereupon the Master
shall forthwith moor or anchor the ship accordingly.
Art. 3.—Whilst such ship shall be so detained, no person shall leave the same.
Art. 4.—The Officer of Customs detaining any ship as aforesaid shall forthwith give
notice thereof, and of the cause of such detention, to the Sanitary Authority of the place
to which the ship shall be bound, or where the ship shall be about to call.
Art. 5.—Such detention by the Officer of Customs shall cease as soon as the ship shall
have been duly visited and examined by the Medical Officer of Health ; or, if the ship
shall, upon such examination, be found to be infected with Cholera, as soon as the same
shall be moored or anchored in pursuance of Article 10 of this Order.
Provided, that if the examination be not commenced within twelve hours after notice
given as aforesaid, the ship shall, on the expiration of the said twelve hours, be released
from detention.
II.—Regulations as to Sanitary Authorities.
Art. 6.—Every Port Sanitary Authority and every other Sanitary Authority within
whose district persons are likely to be landed from any ship coming foreign shall, as
speedily as practicable, with the approval of the Chief Officer of Customs of the port, fix
some place where any ship may be moored, or anchored, for the purpose of Article 10;
and shall make provision for the reception of Cholera patients and persons suffering from
illness removed under Articles 13 and 14. The place to be fixed as aforesaid, where any
ship may be moored or anchored for the purpose of Article 10, shall be some place within
the jurisdiction or district of the Sanitary Authority, unless the Local Government
Board otherwise consent; in which case the place so fixed shall, for the purposes of this
Order, be deemed to be within such jurisdiction or district.
Provided that in the case of any Dockyard Port for which a Queen's Harbour Master
has been appointed the place where any ship shall be moored or anchored for the purpose
of this Article shall from time to time be fixed by the Port Sanitary Authority with the
approval of the Queen's Harbour Master instead of with that of the Chief Officer of
Customs of the Port.
Provided also, that where, in pursuance of any of the above-cited Orders, places have
been duly fixed for the mooring or anchoring of ships for the like purpose, such places
shall be deemed to have been so fixed in pursuance of this Order.
Art. 7.—The Sanitary Authority, on notice being given to them by an Officer of
Customs, under this Order, shall forthwith cause the ship in regard to which such notice
shall have been given, to be visited and examined by their Medical Officer of Health for
the purpose of ascertaining whether she is infected with Cholera.
Art. 8.—The Medical Officer of Health, if he have reason to believe that any ship
coming or being within the jurisdiction or district of the Sanitary Authority, whether
examined by the Offier of Customs or not, is infected with Cholera, shall, or if she have