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Infected persons not to use pubhe conveyance.— (1) No person who knows that he is suffering from a notified disease shall— - (a) enter any public conveyance used for the conveyance of passengers at separate fares, or (b) enter any other public conveyance, without previously notifying the owner, driver or conductor thereof that he ts so suffering, (2) No person having the care of a person whom he knows to be suffering from a notified disease shall permit that person to be carried— (a) in any public conveyance used for the conveyance of passengers at separate fares, or (b) in any other pubhe conveyance, without previously notifying the owner, driver or conductor thereof that the person 1s so suffering. (3) The owner, driver or conductor of a public convey- ance used for the conveyance of passengers at separate fares shall not convey therein a person whom he knows to be suffer- ing from a notified disease, at any time when a passenger not suffermg from such disease is being conveyed therein: Provided that a person suffering from a notified disease may be conveyed in the public conveyance aforesaid, in such case of emergency and subject to such restrictions and safe- guards as may be notified by the Government. (4) The owner or driver of any other public conveyance may refuse to convey therein any person suffering from a notified disease until he has been paid a sum _ sufficient to cover any loss and expense which will be incurred by reason of the provisions of the next succeeding sub-section. (5) If a person suffering from a notified disease is con- veyed in a public conveyance, the person in charge thereof shall, as soon as practicable, give notice to the Health Officer or other notified officer of the area in which the conveyance is usually kept and before permitting any other person to enter the conveyance shall cause it to be dismfected. (6) The local authority, when so requested by the person in charge of a public conveyance in which a person suffering from a notified disease has been conveyed shall provide for its disinfection.