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Harbour, or forfeit the sum of £50 for
every day, or portion of a day, during
which he shall neglect or refuse so to do.

2. The Master of any vessel so anchored,
   who shall either himself quit, or permit
   any seaman, passenger, or other person to
   quit the same, except by authority from
   the Board of Health hereinafter mentioned, until he shall have been duly admitted to pratique, shall forfeit the sum
   of £50 in respect of each person who shall
   so quit the vessel.

3. Every person who shall so quit such
   vessel shall forfeit the sum of £20.

4. The Master of every vessel so anchored shall hoist a yellow flag of not
   less than six breadths of bunting at the
   main by day, and a light by night in a
   lanthorn such as is used in H.M. Navy,
   and shall keep the same respectively
   hoisted until released from Quarantine,
   otherwise he shall forfeit for each offence
   the sum of £20.

5. The Master of every vessel so anchored shall deliver to the Harbour Master,
   or other authorised person, his Bill of
   Health, Manifest, Log Book, and Journal,
   and shall fill up a report in the form
   pointed out by the Schedule A annexed.

6. The Master of every vessel so anchored who shall suffer any Goods, Wares,
   or Merchandise, Packets, Books, Letters,
   or other articles to be unshipped or landed,
   and any person or persons who shall be
   concerned in the unshipping or landing of
   the same, shall forfeit for each and every
   article so unshipped or landed, the sum of
   £20.

7. Every person or persons who shall
   knowingly receive any Goods, Wares, or
   Merchandise, Packets, Package, Baggage,
   Books, or Letters, or any other article
   whatever, from any vessel so anchored,
   shall forfeit for each and every article the
   sum of £20.

8. Any person who, without the authority of the Board of Health, shall go
   within the limits of any Quarantine Station when any vessel shall be there at anchor performing Quarantine, or within
   the limits of any Lazaret whilst the same
   is occupied, shall forfeit any sum not exceeding £20, and shall be liable to be detained and kept in Quarantine as if he
   were a passenger of such vessel subject to
   Quarantine.

9. If any Officer or person entrusted
   with the performance of any duties respecting Quarantine shall in any way
   neglect his duty, he shall for each offence
   forfeit any sum not exceeding £20.

10. The Harbour Master or Pilot shall,
    immediately after any vessel shall have
    been anchored in Quarantine, report the
    same to the Resident Magistrate, and to
    the Health Officer of the Port, or to the
    person or persons acting or appointed to
    act for those functionaries.

11. There shall for every Port be a
    Health Officer, to be from time to time
    appointed by the Superintendent of the
    Province, who shall, immediately upon receipt of the said report, visit the vessel so
    anchored, and if he shall find that any
    sickness of an infectious or contagious nature exists, or shall then recently have
    existed on board of her, submit full information in regard thereto to the Board of
    Health hereinafter mentioned.

12. The Board of Health shall consist of
    the Resident Magistrate of the Port, one
    or more Justices of the Peace, the Superior Officer of Customs at the Port, the
    Health Officer of the Port, and, if the
    Health Officer be not a Medical Practitioner, one or more legally qualified Medical Practitioners, to be appointed by the
    Superintendent of the Province, of which
    Board the Resident Magistrate shall be
    convener.

13. The said Board, or the majority of
    them, shall have authority to detain any
    such vessel as aforesaid in Quarantine
    until every symptom of any infectious or
    contagious disease as aforesaid shall have
    disappeared, and until sufficient time to
    prevent the spread of such disease shall in
    the opinion of the Board have elapsed since
    the last case disappeared, and thereupon
    to release such vessel from Quarantine, and
    admit her to pratique.

14. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any Province, upon the recommendation of the said Board, to appoint
    any station or place within any Port or
    Harbour in the said Province for the performance of Quarantine, where all vessels
    liable to Quarantine, and the crews, passengers, and persons on board thereof shall
    perform the same, and also, if necessary,
    to appoint Lazarets and other places where
    the crews, passengers, and other persons,
    and the Goods, Wares, and Merchandise
    which shall or may be on board the said
    vessels shall and may be detained, landed,
    and kept for the performance of Quarantine.

15. If any person shall, contrary to the
    provisions of this Act, quit any vessel in
    Quarantine, or go within the limits of any
    Quarantine Station or Lazaret, it shall be
    lawful for any Peace Officer or Constable
    to apprehend him and carry him before a
    Justice of the Peace, who may, if he shall
    think fit, grant his warrant for conveying
    such person back to the vessel, Quarantine
    Station, or Lazaret which he shall have
    left, there to remain and perform Quarantine.

16. The aforesaid Board shall have
    power to prescribe all measures necessary
    for cleansing, purifying, and disinfecting
    any vessel in Quarantine, and the passengers and crew thereof, and the Goods,
    Wares, and Merchandise therein; and, if
    necessary, to order the destruction of any
    clothing or materials which cannot be
    cleansed, purified, or disinfected.

17. During the detention of the crew or
    passengers of any vessel in Quarantine,
    whether on board or on shore, the Master
    of such vessel shall provide and supply
    provisions for the said crew and passengers on the same scale as during the
    voyage.

18. During the period any vessel may be
    in Quarantine the Resident Magistrate
    and Health Officer shall visit her alongside.