of Quarantine Regulations, 2020

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COMMISSIONERS FOR JUSTICE ACT

(CAP. 291)

Service of Notice relating to the Enforcement

of Quarantine Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 13(b) and (i)

of the Commissioners for Justice Act, the Minister responsible for

justice, has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Service of Notice Citation.

relating to the Enforcement of Quarantine Regulations, 2020.

(1) A Police officer, detailed to confirm or otherwise the Notice of the

observance of the Enforcement of Directions relating to Quarantine offence.

Regulations, 2020, who discovers that a person has breached the

conditions relating to quarantine imposed upon him, shall hand over

to the offender or affix in some conspicuous place at the address of

the offender a notice containing

(i)

the nature of the offence;

(ii) the place, time and date of the offence;

(iii) the signature of the Police officer handing

over or affixing the notice; and

(iv) information as to payment of the penalty.

(2) Where any notice has been handed over or affixed as is

provided in sub-regulation (1), the offender may, within fifteen days

of the termination of his quarantine period, pay the penalty in respect

of the breach in such manner as shown in that notice.

(3) Where the said penalty is not paid within the period

referred to in sub-regulation (2), proceedings shall be instituted

before a Commissioner for Justice in respect of the offence in

question.

Any breach of the provisions of the Enforcement of Scheduled

Directions relating to Quarantine Regulations, 2020, shall be offence

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regarded as a scheduled offence for the purposes of the Cap. 291.

Commissioners for Justice Act.

In the First Column of the Schedule to the Commissioners

Consequential

amendment to

for Justice Act, there shall be added the following item

the

Commissioners

for Justice Act.

"Enforcement of Directions relating to Quarantine

Regulations, 2020".

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