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Section 54: Prohibition of the exposure of other persons to infections

The Goa Public Health Act, 1985State Act of Goa · Act 25 of 1985

(1) No person who knows that he is suffering from an infectious disease specified in this Chapter shall expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in —

(a) any market, college, playground, or such other place, or

(b) theatre or other place of entertainment or assembly, or 36[(c) any hotel, hostel, boarding house, choultry, rest-house, club or massage parlour/spa, or]

(d) any factory or shop.

Explanation:— A person shall be deemed to know that he is suffering from an infectious disease within the meaning of this sub-section if he has been informed by the Health Officer or any other officer of the Public Health Department of the Government or of a local authority, not below the rank of Health or Sanitary Inspector or a Medical Practitioner that he is so suffering.

(2) No person who has the care of a person whom he knows to be suffering from an infectious disease shall cause or permit that person to expose others to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any place referred to in sub-section (1).

Where this provision sits

ActThe Goa Public Health Act, 1985
Section54
Marginal noteProhibition of the exposure of other persons to infections
JurisdictionState of Goa
StatusIn force as published by the source

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