Public Health Act
62. Granting of restricted or conditional pratique to and quarantining of vessels
62. Granting of restricted or conditional pratique to and quarantining of vessels
In the case of any vessel having, or suspected on reasonable grounds of having, on board in any person, animal or thing the infection of any infectious disease, the port health officer, acting in accordance with instructions and with rules made under this Part, may grant or continue pratique to such vessel subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be deemed necessary, or, if he deems it necessary so to do, may withhold or withdraw pratique and place the vessel in quarantine:Provided that, when pratique restrictions are imposed or any vessel is placed in quarantine or when any person on board of or landed from any vessel is compulsorily detained, isolated or removed, the port health officer shall immediately report, by telegraph or other expeditious means, the action taken by him and the reasons therefor to the Director-General for health and the nearest medical officer of health.(Act No. 21 of 2017, s. 70)Source: Kenya Law