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Animals to be landed at authorized landing places.
Authorized landing places.
Responsibility of permittee.
Senior Veterinary Officer may cause destruction of diseased animal or bird.
Animals imported to be housed at Government depot.
5. Public Health (Animals and Birds).
Except in accordance with a special permit, no animal shall be landed from any vessel at any place other than an authorized landing place.
Animals landed under special permit.
6. The following shall be authorized landing places-
(a) Kennedy Town Cattle Wharf;
(b) Ma Tau Kok Government Wharf;
(c) Such other landing places as are designated by the Governor in Council.
1. The permittee named in a special permit shall ensure that the terms of the special permit are strictly complied with.
Destruction.
8. If any animal or bird brought into the Colony by sea or by land is found to be suffering from disease the Senior Veterinary Officer may, if necessary, cause the same to be destroyed at once and its carcase disposed of in such a manner as may be best calculated to prevent the spread of infection.
Segregation.
9. Subject to the terms of any special permit, every animal landed shall forthwith be taken or driven to the Government Depot at Kennedy Town or Ma Tau Kok as the case may be, and every animal which is brought into the Colony by land shall forthwith be taken or driven to the Government Depot at Ma Tau Kok by the most direct route. Every such animal, unless intended for immediate slaughter and slaughtered accordingly, shall be detained in segregation in such depot, at the risk and expense of the owner, for such period as may be decided by the Senior Veterinary Officer.
10. Animals landed, or brought into the Colony by land, under special permit shall be-
(a) landed only at the time and place stated in the permit; and
(b) taken or driven forthwith to the segregation place stated in the permit by the route stated in the permit; and
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