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of by-laws to
4. All by-laws made by the Urban Council shall be Submission submitted to the Governor and shall be subject to the approval Governor for of the Legislative Council.
approval of Legislative Council.
The Prevention of the Introduction of Infectious Disease.
5.-(1) Except under and by virtue of a special permit Restrictions no person shall bring any animal into the Colony.
(2) No person shall knowingly bring into the Colony any animal or bird suffering from disease.
(3) When information is received that any disease exists amongst any animals or birds at any place without the Colony, the Governor may issue an order prohibiting, either absolutely or conditionally, the importation either by land or by sea or the transhipment in the Colony of any animals or birds from any such place.
(4) Every order issued under this section shall be published in the Gazette at the earliest opportunity but shall come into operation immediately upon the making of the order.
on import of animals and birds.
to be
6. (1) The master of any ship on board which Animals on there is any animal, whether such animal is intended to be board ship landed in the Colony or not, shall forthwith on arrival of the reported by ship in the waters of the Colony notify the boarding officer master to who shall without delay inform the Colonial Veterinary Officer. Surgeon.
(2) The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may visit such ship and examine such animal.
Boarding
transit
7. Except under the authority of a permit granted by Landing of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, and except in accordance animals in with the terms of such permit, no animal which is brought into prohibited the waters of the Colony on board any vessel, and which is except under not destined for the Colony, shall be removed from such vessel in the waters of the Colony.
permit.
8. While any vessel which has on board any animals Dung and or birds not destined for the Colony remains in the waters of litter to be
properly the Colony, all dung of the animals, and all scrapings, litter and dealt with. sweepings removed from the vicinity of the animals or birds, shall at intervals not exceeding twenty-four hours be dealt with and disposed of as the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may direct.
9. Carcases of animals or birds which have died or been slaughtered on board a vessel while in the waters of the Colony or during a voyage shall not be landed in the Colony without a special permit.
No landing except under special
of carcases
permit.
Colony by
10. The guard of any train which brings any animal Animals into the Colony shall on arrival of the train report the arrival entering the of such animal to the station master who shall without delay train to be inform the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
reported by guard.
11. Except in accordance with a special permit, no Landing of animal shall be landed from any vessel between 6 p.m. and animals
6 a.m.
prohibited
between 6 p.m. and
6 a.m.