MARCH 19 — I agree with the legal fraternity that the police should issue summonses on civilians who failed to obey directives under the Movement Control Order (MCO). When the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore began in late February 2003, the Republic’s key...
Thursday, 19 Mar 2020 11:35 PM MYT
Violators would be levied composition fines of up to S$5,000 , instead of being charged in court. Furthermore, the general penalty for committing an offence would be doubled, to a maximum of S$10,000 or 6 months’ imprisonment for a first offence, and S$20,000 or 12 months for a repeat offence. Unlike the IDA, which was further amended in 2008 as part of continual efforts to improve the measures to prevent and control the spread and importation of infectious diseases in the Republic, the PCIDA has remained the same since its enactment in 1988 except for the amendments to the First Schedule to add to the list of infectious diseases.
Under PCIDA, not even quarantine regulations are made even though section 14 makes provision for isolation of infested persons and suspects to be removed to quarantine station/s. The Minister is also empowered to “declare the whole of or such area in Singapore to be a restricted zone and may in such order prohibit or restrict” movement, like the MCO.
In the United Kingdom, legislation was already put in place when the Covid-19 outbreak reached Europe. Made under a principal Act of Parliament — Public Health Act 1984 — the Health Protection Regulations 2020 was laid before Parliament on February 10 and immediately came into force.
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