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also to leave a police officer or sanitary inspector in the place. pending the arrival of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

notice shall

34. An interim notice shall set out the requirements of Interim sections 39, 40 and 41 and shall, so far as may reasonably be define re- necessary, define the premises affected thereby. Such notice, quirements. until withdrawn, shall have force and effect as if given or confirmed by the Council.

interim

35. 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 bird, or by posting the same on some part of the place.

with respect to interim

36. A European police officer or sanitary inspector Particulars serving an interim notice shall report, with all practicable speed, to the Secretary of the Council and also, in writing, notice to be

reported. to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon the particulars obtained and steps taken by him.

Veterinary

declared

37. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon shall visit Colonial promptly the place to which any interim notice relates, and Surgeon to 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 of the interim Council, but, if satisfied that disease does not so exist or has not so existed, he shall withdraw the interim notice.

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notice.

may

38. The Council may declare any place where animals Council or birds are or have been to be an infected place, and thereupon declare place notice in that behalf signed by the Secretary of the Council shall infected. be served in the manner prescribed in section 35. A place declared to be an infected place shall so continue until the Council shall declare the same to be free from infection.

39. 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.

Removal of animals, etc., from

infected place prohibited,

Admission

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

grant

inspection

41. 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 and for or about the animals or birds in such place, and shall ensure disinfection. that the requirements of or consequent on any notice, affecting such place and given under this Ordinance or by-laws made thereunder, are observed.

animals or

42. The Council may order the removal of any animal Removal of or bird from an infected place to any segregation place birds by appointed by the Council.

order of the Council.