1678
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

shall be the duty of every such person to present himself before the Medical Officer and to submit to such inspection accordingly.

7. (1.) It shall be the duty of the master of such ship and of any medical officer in the service of such ship to answer all questions put to him by the said Medical Officer as to any sickness, whether infectious or not, which may exist on board, or which may have existed on board within one month before the arrival of the ship in Samoa, and as to the places from which the ship has come or at which she has touched in the course of her voyage, and as to any other matters which are or may be supposed to be material with regard to the grant of a clearance under this Order.

(2.) If the master of the ship or any such medical officer in the service of the ship refuses to answer any question so put to him, or answers any such question in an erroneous, imperfect, or misleading manner, or gives to the Medical Officer, whether in reply to any such question or not, any information of an erroneous or misleading character touching any of the matters aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order and shall be liable accordingly.

(3.) If the master of such ship or any such medical officer in the service of the ship, or any other person whatever, wilfully deceives or attempts to deceive a Medical Officer as to any matter whatever with intent to obtain the clearance of the ship under this Order, or with intent to influence the exercise by a Medical Officer in any other respect of his authority under this Order, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order and shall be liable to imprisonment for three years.

8. (1.) If on such inspection and inquiry as aforesaid the Medical Officer is satisfied that no infectious disease exists on board the ship and that no person on board the ship has been so recently exposed to infection that he may suffer from an infectious disease in consequence, he shall grant a clearance to the ship, and the ship shall then cease to be in quarantine accordingly.

(2.) If not so satisfied, the Medical Officer shall refuse a clearance to the ship, and the ship shall remain in quarantine accordingly until a clearance is subsequently granted to her under this Order or until she has left Samoa.

9. If a clearance is refused to any ship the master of that ship shall take her to such station within the port as the Medical Officer directs, and shall keep the ship at that station until a clearance is obtained or until the ship leaves Samoa.

10. (1.) If and so long as a clearance is refused and the ship remains in Samoan waters the master of the ship shall hoist and continuously exhibit the quarantine signal.

(2.) This signal shall be in the daytime a yellow flag of six breadths of bunting at the maintopmast-head, and in the nighttime a large signal-lantern at the same mast-head.

11. If at any time after a clearance has been so refused to any ship a Medical Officer is satisfied that there is no longer any infectious disease on board and that there is no person on board who has been so recently exposed to infection that he may suffer from an infectious disease in consequence, the Medical Officer shall thereupon grant a clearance to the ship, and the ship shall cease to be in quarantine accordingly.

12. (1.) When any ship arrives in Samoa in quarantine it shall be lawful for a Medical Officer to take all such measures as he thinks requisite for the disinfection or preventive treatment of all persons, goods, mails, clothing, and other articles whatever on board that ship, or of the ship itself, for the purpose of preventing the outbreak or spread of any infectious disease or of any other disease which, in the opinion of the Medical Officer, may be a source of danger to the public health of Samoa.

(2.) Such measures may be taken whether a clearance of the ship is granted or refused, and a clearance may be refused until such measures have been completed to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer.