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Duty of
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 22, 1935.
person in charge of
animal or
bird to
notify
existence of disease.
On receipt of notification of disease European
Officer to make enquiries.
Interim declaration of infected
area.
Interim
notice shall define re- quirements.
Service of interim notice.
Particulars with respect to interim notice to be reported.
Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to visit place declared
infected by interim
notice.
Council
may
infected.
23. Every person having in his possession or under his charge any animal or bird affected with or suspected of being affected with disease shall:-
(a) as far as practicable keep that animal or bird separate from animals or birds not so affected, and
(b) with all practicable speed notify the fact of the animal or bird being so affected or suspected to a European police officer of the police area wherein such animal or bird is, or to a sanitary inspector.
24. On receipt of a notification from an owner or person in charge of an animal or bird, 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 or bird, and the owner or person in charge of the animal or bird or place shall give to such European police officer or sanitary inspector all reasonable information and facilities for inspection.
25. It shall be lawful for a European police officer or sanitary inspector who has proceeded to any place in accordance with by-law 24, notwithstanding inability 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.
26. An interim notice shall set out the requirements of by-laws 31, 32 and 33 and shall, so far as may reasonably be necessary, define the premises affected thereby. Such notice, until withdrawn, shall have force and effect as if given or confirmed by the Council.
27. Service of an interim notice shall be effected by delivery thereof to the owner or occupier of the place or to a person in charge of the animal or bird, or by posting the same on some part of the place.
28. A European police officer or sanitary inspector serving an interim notice shall report, with all practicable speed, to the Secretary of the Council and also, in writing, to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon the particulars obtained and steps taken by him.
29. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon shall visit promptly the place to which any interim notice relates, and if, in his opinion, disease exists or within fifty-six days has existed at such place, he shall with all practicable speed report all ascertainable particulars to the Secretary of the Council, but, if satisfied that disease does not so exist or has not so existed, he shall withdraw the interim notice.
30. The Council may declare any place where animals or birds are or have been to be an infected place, and thereupon notice in declare place that behalf signed by the Secretary of the Council shall be served in the manner prescribed in by-law 27. A place declared to be an infected place shall so continue until the Council shall declare the same to be free from infection.
Removal of animals, etc., from infected place prohibited.
Admission
to infected place prohibited.
31. No animal or bird, and no carcase, fodder, litter, dung, utensil, milk or other thing, shall be moved out of an infected place without a special permit.
32. No person, except the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and persons acting under his direction, police officers and sanitary inspectors on duty and the attendants of the animals or birds shall enter an infected place without a special permit. No attendant shall leave an infected place without a special permit.
Owner or
33. The owner or occupier and the person in charge of an occupier to
infected place shall give all reasonable facilities for inspection and grant for the cleansing and disinfection of the place and of any pens, facilities for
hurdles, utensils or other things used for or about the animals or inspection and
birds in such place, and shall ensure that the requirements of or disinfection. consequent on any notice, affecting such place and given under this
AD Ordinance or by-laws made thereunder, are observed.
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