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Persons suffering from leprosy, etc., not allowed to travel

Railways Act 1905

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—(1) Any person who, knowing himself to be suffering from leprosy, smallpox, or other contagious or infectious disease, travels by a railway, except in accordance with any rules made in that behalf under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.(2) If any person while travelling is discovered to be so suffering, any railway official may remove him from the carriage and from the railway premises at the first opportunity, and that person may, in addition to any fine, be ordered to pay the amount of any expenses incurred in the disinfection of any carriage or portion of a carriage occupied by him while so travelling.(3) Any such carriage or portion of a carriage shall be properly disinfected as soon as practicable, and shall not be used for the conveyance of passengers till it has been so disinfected.Penalty(4) Any railway company which fails to cause any such carriage to be disinfected in accordance with this section shall forfeit to the Government the sum of $20 for every day during which such default continues.

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