he has made due inquiry and is satisfied that the case is one in which
free treatment may properly be given.

§ (3.) If the Director-General is satisfied that the case is one meriting
free treatment, he may authorize the payment to the medical practitioner,
out of moneys appropriated by Parliament and available for
the purpose, of the following fees:--

(a.) For each intravenous injection, a fee of 10s.
(b.) For each mercurial injection, a fee of 10s.
(c.) For each sample of blood transmitted for examination by
an approved bacteriologist, a fee of 10s.

(4.) In any such case the Director-General may cause to be
supplied to the medical practitioner, without charge, such drugs as
may be required for the adequate treatment of the patient.

(5.) Every person who obtains free treatment under these regulations
by reason of any false representation as to his inability to pay
for treatment commits an offence against these regulations, and shall
be liable to a fine of £10; and the cost of such treatment may be
recovered at the suit of the Director-General as a debt to the Crown.

DUTIES OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WITH RESPECT TO PATIENTS

SUFFERING FROM VENEREAL DISEASE.

11. It shall be the duty of every medical practitioner who is
    consulted by any person suffering from any venereal disease, if such
    person is of the age of sixteen years or upwards, to give to such person
    a notice in the form No. 4 in the Schedule hereto. A sufficient supply
    of printed copies of such notice shall, on application to the Director-
    General, be supplied to medical practitioners without charge.

OFFENCES.

12. (1.) Every person shall be guilty of an offence against these
    regulations who, while suffering from any venereal disease in a
    communicable form, is engaged in any employment, or acts in any
    capacity, in or about any factory, shop, hotel, restaurant, house, or
    other place if by reason thereof any food intended for consumption
    by any other person is exposed to infection from venereal disease
    or is likely to be so infected.

(2.) Where an offence against these regulations is also an offence
against any other regulations or against any Act, no person shall, in
respect of the same offence, be convicted both under these regulations
and under such other regulations or Act.

13. Every person who, while undergoing medical treatment for
    any venereal disease, fails to carry out faithfully the directions of
    the medical practitioner by whom he is being treated commits an
    offence against these regulations, and is liable on summary conviction
    to a fine of £10.

14. Every person who hinders, delays, or obstructs any officer in
    the performance of his duties under these regulations, and every
    person who by act or default contravenes any of the provisions of
    these regulations for which no other penalty is provided, shall be
    liable on summary conviction to a fine of £10.

AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY.

15. (1.) Every person concerned in the administration of these
    regulations shall maintain and assist in maintaining secrecy with
    regard to all matters and things in relation thereto which come to his
    knowledge in respect of any person suffering or suspected to be
    suffering from venereal disease, and shall not communicate any such
    matter or thing to any person except in the performance of his duties
    under or arising out of these regulations, or out of any Act or regulations
    administered by the Minister of Health.

(2.) Every person who contravenes the provisions of this clause
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of £50.

16. (1.) All notices and other communications sent through the
    post for the purpose of these regulations shall, if relating to any
    person suffering or alleged to be suffering from any venereal disease,
    be conspicuously marked with the word "Confidential," and shall be
    securely enclosed in an envelope which shall also be marked on the
    outside with the word "Confidential."

(2.) The provisions of this clause shall relate to communications
sent to or by the Director-General, and to or by any medical
practitioner.