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Repeal

and re- placement

of section

7.

2. Section 7 of the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following section-

"Compen- (Cap. 139). sation for

animal, or birds slaughtered by order of the Director.

7. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and of any regulation made thereunder, compensation shall be paid out of the public revenue for any animal or bird slaughtered by order of the Director under the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder to the owner thereof as follows-

(a) where an animal slaughtered was affected with rinderpest or swine fever, the compensation shall be one half of its full valuc immediately before it became so affected;

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(b) where an animal slaughtered was affected with contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia, the compensation shall be three fourths of its full value immediately before it became so affected;

(c) where an animal slaughtered was affected with foot and mouth disease, the compensation shall be its full value immediately before it became so affected;

(d) where # bovine animal slaughtered was affected with tuberculosis the compensation shall be such sum as may be ordered by the Director or, if no such order is made-

() one thousand five hundred dollars in the case of an animal which, in the opinion of the Senior Veterinary Officer, was of or over two years of age at the time of slaughter;

(ii) seven hundred and fifty dollars in the case of an animal which, in the opinion of the Senior Veterinary Officer, was under two years of age at the time of slaughter;

(e) where an animal or bird slaughtered was affected with any disease except in cases other- wise specifically provided for in this sub-

section, the compensation shall be such proportion of its full value immediately before

it became so affected as the Governor in Council may decide after taking the advice of the Director;

() where an animal or bird slaughtered was not affected with any kind of disease, the com-

pensation shall be its full value immediately before it was slaughtered.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the full value of an animal or bird shall be determined by the Director.

(3) The compensation payable under subsection (1) for an animal slaughtered shall not exceed-

(a) three hundred dollars in the case of a pig ;

(b) one thousand five hundred dollars in the case of any

animal other than a pig.

(4) The compensation payable under subsection (t) for a bird slaughtered shall not exceed thirty dollars.

(5) The Governor in Council may if he thinks fit order that the compensation payable under subsection (1) shall be withheld, either wholly or partially, in any case where, in his opinion, the owner or person having charge of the animal or bird concerned has been guilty in relation to such animal or bird of an offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder or against any other enactment regulating the importation of animats or birds into the Colony or the control of animals or birds within the Colony, and where any such order is made the compensation or that part thereof which is ordered to be withheld shall not be paid.

(6) Unless otherwise ordered by the Governor in Council, no compensation shall be paid under subsection (1) for any animal or bird slaughtered which in the opinion of the Senior Veterinary Officer shows symptons of disease before it has been in the Colony for the period of incubation of the disease in question.