Stay orders
3.—(1)  A specified person may, for the purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19, order any at-risk individual to go to a place of accommodation specified in the order or in writing by a specified person and not leave the place of accommodation —
(a)if the individual is a traveller who is, on or after 17 June 2020 at 11.59 p.m., required under section 55(1)(f) of the Act to undergo, and undergoes, a test to determine whether he or she is infected with COVID-19 — for the period starting upon the issue of the order and ending on the day the individual is notified of his or her test result (not including a test result that is uncertain) or the 14th day after the issue of the order, whichever is later; or
(b)in any other case — for the period specified in the order, starting upon the issue of the order and ending not later than the 14th day after the issue of the order.
[S 472/2020 wef 17/06/2020]
(2)  Any individual who is issued a medical certificate by a medical practitioner with a valid practising certificate, certifying that the individual has acute respiratory symptoms must not leave the individual’s place of accommodation for a period of 5 days starting on the day the medical certificate is issued.
(3)  Subject to paragraph (4), an individual who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with an order under paragraph (1) or contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4)  To avoid doubt, it is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of these Regulations if the individual leaves the place of accommodation —
(a)only where necessary to obtain —
(i)medical treatment for a suspected COVID-19 infection at a hospital, medical clinic or any other place, designated by the Director for the treatment of COVID-19; or
(ii)emergency medical treatment or other medical treatment that is of a pressing nature; or
[S 193/2020 wef 29/03/2020]
(b)with the prior express permission of the Director, whether general or specific.
[S 184/2020 wef 27/03/2020]