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(2) All buffaloes shall be killed with a rifle of a size and pattern to be approved by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon. All rifles used for this purpose shall be kept by the officer in charge and used by him alone.
(3) All sheep and goats shall be killed with the captive-bolt type of humane killer, and swine shall be killed with the knife in a manner approved by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, except in the case of pigs, which, in the opinion of the officer in charge are too large to be killed in this way. Such pigs shall be killed in the same manner as cattle.
Provided always that nothing in this by-law shall affect Jews, Mohammedans or other people holding religious beliefs which compel them to kill animals for food in a particular manner.
38. The owner of any animal to be slaughtered shall provide the proper instruments, appliances and utensils required for the purpose and shall cause such articles to be thoroughly cleansed immediately after the completion of the process of slaughtering in which they have been used, and shall cause every such article when not in actual use to be kept thoroughly clean.
39. The carcase of every animal slaughtered shall he hung in the hanging shed immediately after it is dressed and shall remain there until removed to a market.
40. The owner of any animal that is slaughtered shall cause the hide or skin, fat and offal of such animal to be removed from the slaughter-house within twenty-four hours after the completion of the slaughter of such animal,
41. The lessee of the privilege of collecting blood and hair shall forthwith, upon the completion of the slaughtering of any animal or the dressing of any carcase, cause such blood and hair to be collected and deposited in a sufficient number of receptacles of approved pattern, properly constructed of non-absorbent material and furnished with closely fitting covers, and he shall cause the contents of such receptacles to be removed from the slaughter-houses at least once in every twenty-four hours. He shall cause such receptacles to be thoroughly cleansed immediately after they have been used for such collection and removal and shall cause every such receptacle which is not in actual use to be kept thoroughly clean.
42. Fees in accordance with the following scale shall be paid by the owner of any animal to be slaughtered :—
Cattle (including calves)
40 cents per head.
Sheep and goats
Swine
20
30
1
+
The fee shall in all cases be payable on admission to the slaughter- house.
Marking and transport of carcases.
43. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may cause such stamps or other instruments to be made for the purpose of establishing a special mark for beef, mutton, and pork before such carcases leave the slaughter-house, in order to show that such carcases are fit for human food, and may change or alter such mark, and every such mark for the time being in use at any slaughter-house under the authority of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon shall be the official mark within the meaning of this by-law.
44. Carcases shall be conveyed from the slaughter-houses to the markets in wheeled and covered vehicles or in boats in which the carcases shall be hung.
45. If any Food Officer or officer of the Sanitary Department at any time discovers in any vehicle or boat conveying carcases from the slaughter-houses to the markets any carcase or part of a carcase of beef, mutton, or pork not bearing the official mark aforesaid, he is authorised to seize it, and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may order it to be destroyed and no compensation shall be payable to any person in respect of such destruction.
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