Every person who shall leave any ship or vessel under order of quarantine without permission from the health officer or the city or town council of that city or town, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00); and the city or town council may order that person to be returned on board of that vessel, and to remain there until the council orders him or her to be dismissed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-8.
Rhode Island Legal Code