This Act was repealed on 2009-07-01 by Public Health Act, 2009.
Internationally Notifiable Diseases (Prevention) Act
Tanzania
Internationally Notifiable Diseases (Prevention) Act
Chapter 73
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 10 April 1964
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]
- [Repealed by Public Health Act, 2009 (Act 1 of 2009) on 1 July 2009]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Internationally Notifiable Diseases (Prevention) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"authority" means any person appointed under section 3 to be an authority in any area of Tanzania for the purposes of this Act, and where powers under this Act have been delegated under that section to any person that person shall, in the exercise of such powers, be deemed to be an authority;"endemic area" means any country, region, place or area declared under section 4 to be an endemic area for the purposes of this Act;"incubation period" means the incubation period specified in relation to a notifiable disease in the Schedule;"infected area" means any country, region, place or area declared under section 4 to be an infected area for the purposes of this Act;"medical observation" means the isolation or detention of a person for the purposes of medical examination;"medical surveillance" means the keeping of a person under medical supervision;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for health;"notifiable disease" means a disease specified in the Schedule;"prescribed period" means such period as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 13 as the period during which vaccination against any notifiable disease shall be deemed to remain effective;"suspected person" means a person who is known to have recently been or is suspected by the authority of having recently been, in an endemic area or an infected area;"unimmunised person" means a suspected person who is unable to satisfy the authority that—(a)he is immune from the notifiable disease by reason of a previous attack of that disease; or(b)he has been vaccinated against that notifiable disease within the prescribed period;"vaccination" means inoculation with vaccine to procure immunity from a notifiable disease.3. Minister may appoint authorities
4. Declaration of endemic and infected areas
5. Restriction on leaving infected areas
No person shall enter or leave an infected area in Tanzania without the prior permission of the authority for that area.6. Restriction on entering Tanzania from endemic area
7. Observation, etc., of suspected persons
Any suspected person—8. Requirements for persons under medical observation, etc.
9. Disinfection of conveyance
An authority may, if it considers it necessary to prevent the spread of any notifiable disease, cause any aircraft, vessel or vehicle which has arrived in Tanzania to be disinfected or disinfested and such aircraft, vessel or vehicle may be detained until such disinfection or disinfestation has been completed to the satisfaction of the authority.10. Liability in respect of disinfection of person or conveyance
11. Communication of information regarding notifiable diseases
12. Post-mortem examination
Where an authority has reasonable cause to suspect that any person has died of a notifiable disease, he may perform or cause to be performed such examination of the body of such person, including autopsy, as he may consider necessary, and may cause the body to be removed to a mortuary or other suitable place for the purpose of post-mortem examination, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the authority or other person authorised by him in that behalf to perform a post-mortem examination of the body.13. Regulations
14. Offences
Any person who–15. Amendment of Schedule
The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, make additions to or deletions from and may otherwise vary the list of notifiable diseases contained in the Schedule.16. Repeal of R.L. Cap. 97
[Repeals the Yellow Fever Ordinance.]History of this document
01 July 2009
Repealed by
Public Health Act, 2009
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
10 April 1964
Commenced
Documents citing this one 3
Gazette 2
1. | Tanzania Government Gazette dated 1964-04-11 number 24 | |
2. | Tanzania Government Gazette dated 1969-08-15 number 35 |
Government Notice 1
1. | Public Prosecutors (Appointment) Notice, 1943 |