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Notification of Cancer Act (Cap. 154) Consolidated

NOTIFICATION OF CANCER [CAP.154. 1

CHAPTER 154

NOTIFICATION OF CANCER ACT

To make provision for the notification of cancer.

(12th December, 1957)*

Enacted by ACT XXI of 1957.

1. This Act may be cited as the Notification of Cancer Act.

2. In this Act -

"cancer" means any kind of malignant growth or disease in man; "medical practitioner" includ es perso n s l i censed un der th e
Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance to practise medicine,
surgery, ob stet ri cs, k ind red prof essions and dental surgery and dentistry.

3. Every medical practitioner attending on or called in to visit a patient shall forthwith, on becoming aware that the patient is suffering from cancer in any form, send to the Superintendent of Public Health a certificate stating the name, age, occupation and address of the patient and the type of cancer from which, in his opinion, the patient is suffering as well as the organ, tissue or site which is affected by the disease.

4. Any person who shall be found guilty of an offence against article 3 shall be liable to a fine (multa).

Short title. Interpretation.

Cap. 31.

Duty of medical practitioner.

Penalties.

*See Government Notice No. 777 of the 16th December 1957.