CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934 — Page 203

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Power of owner to

cause animal

to be slaughtered.

Transfer permitted

for slaughter.

Owners to pay charges.

Restrictions against removal of animals or things from

segregation

place.

Disposal of infected

carcases.

Movements of animals

with regard to infected areas.

Duty of person in charge to know the state of

health of animals.

Duty of

person in charge of animal to notify existence of disease.

On receipt of notification of disease European

Officer to make enquiries.

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134. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, owners of animals in segregation may at any time cause their animals to be slaughtered in a lawful manner.

135. For the purpose of slaughter the Officer in charge of a Government depot may permit transfer of animals from one Government depot to another.

136. Owners of animals in segregation shall on demand pay such daily charge for the keep of such animals, until the same shall be either released from segregation or destroyed, as the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may direct, and in the absence of any such direction the charge per head shall be ten cents for each day or part of a day.

137. Except as provided in section 131 of this Part no animals, carcases, dung, litter, fodder, utensils or things of any kind whatever shall be removed from a segregation place without a special permit.

138. The carcases of animals dying or slaughtered on account of disease, and all dung, litter, broken fodder and things of any kind whatever which in the opinion of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may spread disease, shall be disposed of as he may direct.

Disease Among Animals in the Colony.

139. Whenever it appears to the Governor, after such enquiry as he may consider necessary that any disease exists among any animals in the Colony or part of the Colony, he may issue an order to regulate the movements of any animals within such areas as he may define in such order, and to prohibit any animal being taken into or removed from such area. Such area shall be deemed an infected place.

140. Every person having an animal in his possession or under his charge shall observe and make himself acquainted with the state of health of such animal.

141. Every person having in his possession or under his charge an animal affected with or suspected of being affected with disease shall :-

(a) as far as practicable keep that animal separate from animals not so affected, and

(b) with all practicable speed notify the fact of the animal being so affected or suspected to a European police officer of the police area wherein such animal is, or to a sanitary inspector.

142. On receipt of a notification from an Owner or person in charge of an animal, or on having reasonable grounds to suspect the existence of disease in any place, a European police officer or sanitary inspector shall proceed with all practicable speed to such place in order to ascertain all available particulars as to the animal, and the owner or person in charge of the animal or place shall give all reason able facilities to such European police officer or sanitary inspector.