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07-31-06, - 09:24 PM
:eek: Check out (some parts) of these laws that are still on the books, actually they were on the Government's new website.
VENEREAL DISEASES
[Commencement 12th July, 1945]
9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act when any patient as aforesaid becomes cured of or free from venereal disease or has ceased to be liable to convey infection, any medical practitioner or medical officer shall on being satisfied of the fact give such patient at his request a certificate in the prescribed Form E. that to the best of his knowledge and belief such patient is cured or is free from venereal disease or is no longer liable to convey infection, as the case may be.
Certificate of cure.
(2) Any medical practitioner or medical officer who gives to any person such a certificate knowing the same to be false in any material particular shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
12. (1) No person shall knowingly infect any other person with a venereal disease or knowingly do or permit or suffer any act likely to lead to the infection of any other person with such a disease.
Penalty for infecting other persons.
(2) Any person guilty of a contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
FORM D (Section 8)
THE VENEREAL DISEASES ACT
To:
.................................
................................
................................
Whereas you have been found to be suffering form a venereal disease, to wit ....................
..................................................................
You are hereby notified that the disease is highly infectious and that should you infect another or others with the said disease you may be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars ($400) or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve (12) months or to both such fine and such imprisonment:
You are hereby warned not to have sexual intercourse nor to contract a marriage with any person until you have been granted a certificate of cure in accordance with section 9 of the above Act:
Enclosed herewith is the following printed information relating to the venereal disease from which you are suffering and to the duties of patients so suffering as aforesaid.
Dated at Nassau, Bahamas, this .................... day of ............................... 19 ......
..............................................................
Medical Practitioner or Medical Officer
Received from ........................................................................... the following printed information relating to the venereal disease known as ..........................................................
Dated the ............................ day of .......................................... 19 ........
FORM E (Section 9)
THE VENEREAL DISEASES ACT
To:
.................................
.................................
.................................
This is to certify that I have medically examined the above named ............................... and am satisfied that:
(a)he is cured of the attack of .......................................... the venereal disease from which he has recently been suffering; or
(b)he is no longer liable to convey infection from ....................................... the venereal disease from which he has recently been suffering; or
(c)he is free from venereal disease.
Dated at Nassau, Bahamas, this .......................... day of ................................ 19......
.................................................................
Medical Practitioner or Medical Officer
CHAPTER 122
MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER
An Act to declare the law with respect to marriages between a man and his deceased wife's sister.
9 of 1907
[Commencement 8th July, 1907]
1. This Act may be cited as the Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister Act.
Short title.
2. It is hereby declared that where a man has, whether before or after the passing of this Act, and whether in The Bahamas or elsewhere, married his deceased wife's sister the marriage, if legal in all other respects, shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, legal for all purposes, unless either party to the marriage has subsequently, during the life of the other, but before the passing of this Act, lawfully married another.
Marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister.
3. No minister of religion shall be compelled to solemnize the marriage of any person with a sister of his deceased wife or shall be liable to any suit, penalty or censure for refusing to celebrate any such marriage.
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Segregation, etc., of Lepers
6. (1) After the receipt of such report, as provided for by section 4 of this Act as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Minister, if he shall think fit, to apply to a magistrate for an order that the leper or alleged leper be removed to or detained in a leper asylum.
Application for removal to leper asylum.
(2) It shall be lawful for a magistrate, upon application being made to him by the Minister for an order that the leper or alleged leper be removed to, or detained in, a leper asylum, to make such an order:
(2) Any person who without the permission in writing of the medical superintendent, purchases or receives from any inmate of a leper asylum any food, clothing, or other article, shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars.
VENEREAL DISEASES
[Commencement 12th July, 1945]
9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act when any patient as aforesaid becomes cured of or free from venereal disease or has ceased to be liable to convey infection, any medical practitioner or medical officer shall on being satisfied of the fact give such patient at his request a certificate in the prescribed Form E. that to the best of his knowledge and belief such patient is cured or is free from venereal disease or is no longer liable to convey infection, as the case may be.
Certificate of cure.
(2) Any medical practitioner or medical officer who gives to any person such a certificate knowing the same to be false in any material particular shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
12. (1) No person shall knowingly infect any other person with a venereal disease or knowingly do or permit or suffer any act likely to lead to the infection of any other person with such a disease.
Penalty for infecting other persons.
(2) Any person guilty of a contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
FORM D (Section 8)
THE VENEREAL DISEASES ACT
To:
.................................
................................
................................
Whereas you have been found to be suffering form a venereal disease, to wit ....................
..................................................................
You are hereby notified that the disease is highly infectious and that should you infect another or others with the said disease you may be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars ($400) or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve (12) months or to both such fine and such imprisonment:
You are hereby warned not to have sexual intercourse nor to contract a marriage with any person until you have been granted a certificate of cure in accordance with section 9 of the above Act:
Enclosed herewith is the following printed information relating to the venereal disease from which you are suffering and to the duties of patients so suffering as aforesaid.
Dated at Nassau, Bahamas, this .................... day of ............................... 19 ......
..............................................................
Medical Practitioner or Medical Officer
Received from ........................................................................... the following printed information relating to the venereal disease known as ..........................................................
Dated the ............................ day of .......................................... 19 ........
FORM E (Section 9)
THE VENEREAL DISEASES ACT
To:
.................................
.................................
.................................
This is to certify that I have medically examined the above named ............................... and am satisfied that:
(a)he is cured of the attack of .......................................... the venereal disease from which he has recently been suffering; or
(b)he is no longer liable to convey infection from ....................................... the venereal disease from which he has recently been suffering; or
(c)he is free from venereal disease.
Dated at Nassau, Bahamas, this .......................... day of ................................ 19......
.................................................................
Medical Practitioner or Medical Officer
CHAPTER 122
MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER
An Act to declare the law with respect to marriages between a man and his deceased wife's sister.
9 of 1907
[Commencement 8th July, 1907]
1. This Act may be cited as the Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister Act.
Short title.
2. It is hereby declared that where a man has, whether before or after the passing of this Act, and whether in The Bahamas or elsewhere, married his deceased wife's sister the marriage, if legal in all other respects, shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, legal for all purposes, unless either party to the marriage has subsequently, during the life of the other, but before the passing of this Act, lawfully married another.
Marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister.
3. No minister of religion shall be compelled to solemnize the marriage of any person with a sister of his deceased wife or shall be liable to any suit, penalty or censure for refusing to celebrate any such marriage.
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Segregation, etc., of Lepers
6. (1) After the receipt of such report, as provided for by section 4 of this Act as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Minister, if he shall think fit, to apply to a magistrate for an order that the leper or alleged leper be removed to or detained in a leper asylum.
Application for removal to leper asylum.
(2) It shall be lawful for a magistrate, upon application being made to him by the Minister for an order that the leper or alleged leper be removed to, or detained in, a leper asylum, to make such an order:
(2) Any person who without the permission in writing of the medical superintendent, purchases or receives from any inmate of a leper asylum any food, clothing, or other article, shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars.