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24. The owner of any animal shall not keep such animal in any slaughter-house for a longer period than twelve hours.
Maintenance of order.
25. Subject to the provisions of by-law 11, except by permission of the officer in charge no person shall enter or remain in a slaughter-house except for the purpose of slaughtering or of supplying food or water to any animal therein or of preparing any carcase for sale, or other- wise for some lawful purpose connected with the slaughter-house.
26. No person shall use in any slaughter-house any indecent or obscene language, or enter or remain therein in a state of intoxication.
27. No person shall bring into a slaughter-house any malt or spirituous liquor or any drug of any nature whatsoever.
28. Every person who may desire to use a slaughter-house for the purpose of slaughtering shall make application, in writing, to the officer in charge, and permission to use the slaughter-house shall be given to the several persons so applying in the order in which such applications are received.
29. Every person using a slaughter-house shall obey all reasonable orders given to him by the officer in charge, and shall conduct himself in a quiet and orderly manner therein
30. No person shall obstruct or hinder any other person in the proper use of the slaughter-houses, or of any utensil, article, gear or apparatus provided by the Sanitary Department or by the officer in charge for use therein.
31. No person shall by any disorderly or improper conduct disturb or interrupt any other person in the proper use of the slaughter- houses, or of any utensil, article, gear or other apparatus provided for use therein.
32. No person shall spit or commit a nuisance within the precincts of a slaughter-house.
Slaughter of animals.
33. No person shall slaughter, or attempt to slaughter, any animal in any part of a slaughter-house except in such part as shall be from time to time assigned by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for the slaughter of animals of the same class or kind.
34. No person shall slaughter any animal in such a situation as will interfere with the slaughtering of any other animal.
35. If any difference or dispute shall arise between any persons using the slaughter-houses regarding any question of priority of right to use any part of a slaughter-house, or any utensil, article, gear or apparatus therein, such difference or dispute shall be referred to the officer in charge and the decision of the officer in charge shall be final and shall be obeyed by such persons.
36. Every person who shall slaughter or assist in the slaughtering of any animal shall adopt such methods of slaughtering as may be prescribed by the by-laws, and, in the absence of such by-laws, such methods as may be prescribed by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, and shall take all such precautions as may be requisite to secure the infliction of as little pain as possible.
37. Any animal killed for food in a slaughter-house shall be killed in the following manner:--
(1) All cattle (except buffaloes) shall be killed with a pole-axe or humane killer of a pattern to be approved by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.