(1) Every person, except a minister of religion, so soon as he or she knows or has reason to suspect that any person is a leper shall give notice thereof to a magistrate, a medical officer or the Commissioner of Police. The magistrate, medical officer or Commissioner of Police upon the receipt of such notice shall immediately report the same to the Governor General.
(2) Upon the receipt of such a report it is lawful for the Governor General to order such inspection and examination of the suspected leper to be held and such report to be made thereon as he or she shall think fit; and after such inspection, examination and report it is lawful for the Governor General, if he or she shall think fit, to order the leper to be removed to and detained in a leper asylum. However, no such order for removal and detention shall be made unless 2 medical practitioners certify that such person is actually suffering from the disease of leprosy.
(3) No such order for removal and detention shall be made if the Governor General is satisfied that the leper is able to provide for himself or herself effective isolation and medical treatment at his or her own place of abode and if the leper shall within the time prescribed by the Governor General carry out such directions as the Governor General may give for securing such isolation, but in every such case it is lawful for the Governor General to prescribe rules for observance by the leper in order to secure such isolation. If in any such case the Governor General is satisfied that the leper is not being effectively isolated and properly treated he or she may at any time order the leper to be removed to and detained in a leper asylum.
(4) In the case of a leper who is suffering from ulcers, private isolation as provided in the last preceding section shall not be permitted, but the leper shall be ordered to remove to and be detained in a leper asylum.