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26. Owners of animals or birds in segregation shall on pay charges. demand pay such daily charge for the keep of such animals or birds, until the same shall be either released from segrega- tion or destroyed, as the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may direct, and in the absence of any such direction the charge per head shall be ten cents for each day or part of a day.
Restrictions against removal of animals, birds or
things from
segregation place.
Disposal of
infected
carcases.
Movements of animals and birds with regard to infected
areas,
Duty of
person in charge to know the state of
health of
animal or bird.
Duty of
person in
charge of
animal or
bird to notify
existence of disease.
On receipt of notification of disease European Officer to make enquiries.
Interim declaration of infected
area.
27. Except as provided in section 28 no animals, birds, carcases, dung, litter, fodder, utensils or things of any kind whatever shall be removed from a segregation place without a special permit.
28. The carcases of animals or birds dying or slaughter- ed on account of disease, and all dung, litter, broken fodder and things of any kind whatever, which in the opinion of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may spread disease, shall be disposed of as he may direct.
Disease among Animals and Birds in the Colony.
29. Whenever it appears to the Governor, after such enquiry as he may consider necessary, that any disease exists among animals or birds in the Colony or in any part of the Colony, he may issue an order to regulate the movements of any animals and birds within such areas as he may define in such order, and to prohibit any animal or bird being taken into or removed from such area. Every such area shall be deemed an infected place.
30. Every person having any animal or bird in his possession or under his charge shall observe and make himself acquainted with the state of health of such animal or bird
31. Every person having in his possession or under his charge any animal or bird affected with or suspected of being affected with disease shall :—
(a) as far as practicable keep that animal or bird separate from animals or birds not so affected, and
(b) with all practicable speed notify the fact of the animal or bird being so affected or suspected to a European police officer of the police area wherein such animal or bird is, or to a sanitary inspector.
32. On receipt of a notification from an owner or person in charge of an animal or bird, or on having reasonable grounds to suspect the existence of disease in any place, a European police officer or sanitary inspector shall proceed with all practicable speed to such place in order to ascertain all available particulars as to the animal or bird, and the owner or person in charge of the animal or bird or place shall give to such European police officer or sanitary inspector all reasonable information and facilities for inspection.
33. It shall be lawful for a European police officer or sanitary inspector who has proceeded to any place in accordance with section 32, notwithstanding inability to obtain particulars, to serve an interim notice in writing, signed by him, declaring such place to be an infected place pending investigation by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, and