CAP. 167]
Duty in cases of suspected rabies.
Importation of dog or cat without veterinary officer's permit prohibited.
Certain certificate required before issue of import permit.
Veterinary officer may certificate in certain cases.
Dogs and Cats.
12. Any person having the custody, control or care of any dog or cat which has or is suspected of having rabies, or which is suspected of having been in contact with a case of rabies or suspected rabies, shall comply with all the requirements of the veterinary officer with regard thereto.
13. No owner or person having the custody, control or care of any dog or cat shall allow such dog or cat to be imported into the Colony, or if already so imported by water, to be landed in the Colony, or if already so imported by the Kowloon-Canton Railway, to be removed from the premises of the railway, or if already so imported by air to be removed from the airport, until he has received from the veterinary officer either a permit to import or a quarantine permit.
14. Subject to the provisions of regulation 15 no permit to import may be issued except on the production to the veterinary officer of—
(a) a certificate to the satisfaction of the veterinary officer, dated not more than two months before the dog or cat is imported or brought into the Colony, from a duly qualified veterinary surgeon or a medical officer of health or a British consular authority, that for a period of six months immediately prior to the date of such certificate no case of rabies has been known to occur in any district in which such dog or cat has been; and
(b) in the case of a dog or cat imported by water, a statutory declaration by the master of the vessel by which such dog or cat has been imported, or by the owner if he has travelled on the vessel with the dog or cat, that no case of rabies has occurred on board the vessel during the voyage.
15. The veterinary officer may in his discretion, on being satisfied that no case of rabies has occurred in the place or places where such dog or cat has been during the period of six months immediately preceding such importation, or that there is no reasonable fear of such dog or cat having been in contact with rabies, dispense with the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) of regulation 14.
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CAP. 167]
Duty in cases of suspected rabies.
Importation of dog or cat. without veterinary officer's permit prohibited,
Certain certificate required
before issue
of import
permit.
Veterinary
officer may
certificate in certain
cases.
Dogs and Cats.
12. Any person having the custody, control or care of any dog or cat which has or is suspected of having rabies, or which is suspected of having been in contact with a case of rabies or suspected rabies, shall comply with all the require- ments of the veterinary officer with regard thereto.
13. No owner or person having the custody, control or care of any dog or cat shall allow such dog or cat to be imported into the Colony, or if already so imported by water, to be landed in the Colony, or if already so imported by the Kowloon-Canton Railway, to be removed from the premises of the railway, or if already so imported by air to be removed from the airport, until he has received from the veterinary officer either a permit to import or a quarantine permit.
14. Subject to the provisions of regulation 15 no permit to import may be issued except on the production to the veterinary officer of--
(a) a certificate to the satisfaction of the veterinary officer, dated not more than two months before the dog or cat is imported or brought into the Colony, from a duly qualified veterinary surgeon or a medical officer of health or a British consular authority, that for a period of six months immediate- ly prior to the date of such certificate no case of rabies has been known to occur in any district in which such dog or cat has been; and
(b) in the case of a dog or cat imported by water, a statutory declaration by the master of the vessel by which such dog or cat has been imported, or by the owner if he has travelled on the vessel with the dog or cat, that no case of rabies has occurred on board the vessel during the voyage.
15. The veterinary officer may in his discretion, on being dispense with Satisfied that no case of rabies has occurred in the place or places where such dog or cat has been during the period of six months immediately preceding such importation, or that there is no reasonable fear of such dog or cat having been in contact with rabies, dispense with the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) of regulation 14.
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