ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
17. Application of Part
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
17. Application of Part
(1)The provisions of this Act, unless otherwise expressed, shall, so far as they concern notifiable infectious diseases, apply to smallpox, plague, cholera, scarlatina or scarlet fever, typhus fever, diphtheria or membranous croup, measles, whooping-cough, erysipelas, puerperal fever (including septicaemia, pyaemia, septic pelvic cellulitis or other serious septic condition occurring during the puerperal state), enteric or typhoid fever (including para-typhoid fever), epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis or cerebro-spinal fever, acute poliomyelitis, leprosy, anthrax, glanders, rabies, malta fever, sleeping sickness or human trypanosomiasis, beri-beri, yaws and all forms of tuberculosis which are clinically recognizable apart from reaction to the tuberculin test.(2)The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette—(a)declare that any infectious disease other than those specified in subsection (1) shall be notifiable diseases under this Act;(b)declare that only such provisions of this Act as are mentioned in such notice shall apply to any notifiable infectious disease;(c)restrict the provisions of this Act, as regards the notification of any disease, to any area defined in such notice.