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143. It shall be lawful for a European police officer or Interim sanitary inspector who has proceeded to any place in declaration accordance with Section 142 and notwithstanding inability of infected 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 also to leave a police officer or sanitary inspector in the place pending the arrival of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

notice shall

144. An interim notice shall set out the requirements of Interim Section 149, 150 and 151 and shall, so far as may define re- reasonably be necessary, define the premises affected thereby. quirements. Such notice. until withdrawn or overreached, shall have force and effect as if given or confirmed by the Urban Council.

interim

145. Service of an interim notice shall be effected by Service of delivery thereof to the owner or occupier of the place or to notice. a person in charge of the animal, or by posting the same on some part of the place.

to interim

146. A European Police Officer or Sanitary Inspector Particulars serving an interim notice shall report, with all practicable with respect speed, the particulars obtained and steps taken by him, to notice to be the Secretary of the Urban Council and also, in writing, to the reported. Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

Surgeon to

declared

147. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon shall visit Colonia! promptly the place to which any interim notice relates, and Veterinary if, in his opinion, disease exists or within fifty-six days has visit place existed at such place, he shall with all practicable speed infected by report all ascertainable particulars to the Secretary to the interim Urban Council but if satisfied that disease does not so exist notice. or has not so existed he shall withdraw the interim notice.

Council may

148. The Urban Council may declare any place where Urban animals are or have been to be an infected place and thereupon notice in that behalf signed by the Secretary of declare place the Council shall be served in the manner prescribed in infected. Section 145. A place declared to be an infected place shal! so continue until the Council shall declare the same to be free from infection.

animals'

149. No animal, and no carcase, fodder, litter, dung, Romoval of utensil, milk or other thing, shall be moved out of an infected things from place without permit.

infected place prohibited.

to infected

150. No person, except the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon Admission and persons acting under his direction, and police officers and place sanitary inspectors on duty, and the attendants of the animals. prohibited. shall enter an infected place without a special permit. No attendant shall leave an infected place without a special permit.

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151. The owner or occupier and the person in charge Owner or of an infected place shall give all reasonable facilities for occupier to inspection and for the cleansing and disinfection of the facilities for place and of any pens, hurdles, utensils or other things used inspection for or about the animals in such place and shall ensure that disinfection. the requirements of or consequent on any notice, affecting such place and given under this Ordinance or regulations or by-laws made thereunder are observed.

animals by

152. The Urban Council may order the removal of any Removal of animal from an infected place to any segregation place and of the appointed by the Urban Council.

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