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Appendix A

(1) Slaughter-houses Bylaws

Bylaw 41. Any animal killed for food in a slaughter-house shall be killed in the following manner

(a) all cattle (except buffaloes) shall be killed with a humane killer of a pattern to be approved by the Director of Urban Services;

(b) all buffaloes shall be killed with a rifle of a šize

and pattern to be approved by the Director of Urban Services. All rifles used for this purpose shall be kept by the officer in charge and shall be used only by an officer authorized by the Director of Urban Services;

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Provided that nothing in this by-law shall affect Jews,

. Mohammadans or other people holding religious beliefs which

compel them to kill animals for food in a particular manner.

(2) Slaughter-houses (New Territories) Regulations

Regulation 20. Every licensee and every servant of such license and every other person employed upon the licensed premises in the slaughtering of any animal shall comply with the written instructions of the Director as to the method of securing such animal before slaughtering so as to enable such animal to be slaughtered with as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall in the process of such slaughtering any animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such method of slaughtering as the Director may in writing direct.

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