Occurrence of infectious disease
42.—(1)  If the Commissioner is satisfied that a case of a contagious or infectious disease has occurred or is likely to occur in any prison, the Commissioner may order the removal of any of the prisoners from the prison to another place although that place may not be a prison under this Act.
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(2)  In a case of emergency and where the Commissioner is absent or unable to make the order for removal under subsection (1), the order may be made by the Superintendent of the prison concerned or any of the Visiting Justices of the prison.
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(3)  A place mentioned in subsection (1) is deemed during the continuance of any prisoner within to be a part of the prison from which the prisoner was so removed.
(4)  When the disease has ceased, any prisoner so removed from any prison must be taken back to the prison from where he or she was removed, if still liable to be confined in the prison.