1989 Ed.]
Abattoirs (Urban Council) Bylaws
[CAP. 132
A 11
[Subsidiary]
20. Admission of animals to waiting lairage
(1) No person, not being a public officer, shall deliver an animal to a waiting lairage unless-
(a) the name of the owner of such animal is entered on the owners' register; and
(b) the animal has been marked with the registration number of the owner, or, if the animal is a pig, has been marked with a tattooing instrument approved by the manager.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(L.N. 33 of 1975)
21. Power of manager to detain and dispose of unidentified animals, dressed carcasses or carcasses
(1) If the owner of any animal, dressed carcass or carcass in an abattoir is not known or cannot be found the manager may cause it to be detained until the owner is ascertained or found.
(2) Where an animal, dressed carcass or carcass is detained under paragraph (1) and the manager is satisfied that the owner of the animal, dressed carcass or carcass cannot be ascertained or found, he may cause it to be disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit.
22. Manager to post daily statement of animals held in waiting lairage
(L.N. 210 of 1972)
(1) The manager of an abattoir shall cause to be posted daily in a conspicuous place in the vicinity of every waiting lairage therein a statement containing the name of every person in whose name any animal was being held in the waiting lairage at the close of working hours on the previous day and the number of animals then held for that person.
(2) No person shall have any claim whatsoever against the Council or any public officer in respect of the theft of an animal from a waiting lairage unless a complaint in writing, and the receipt issued for the animal under this Part, are lodged by the claimant with the manager within 48 hours after the posting of the first statement under paragraph (1) in which the lost animal is not included.
(L.N. 33 of 1975; L.N. 143 of 1976; 10 of 1986 s. 32(2))
23. Offence to remove animal from waiting lairage
Any person who removes an animal from a waiting lairage otherwise than at the direction or with the consent in writing of an authorized officer shall be guilty of an offence.