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Acts & Ordinances
ANIMALS
Marginal Notes
1. Short title and date of operation.
2. Slaughter of cows and cow-calves prohibited.
3. Regulations.
4. Repeal of Chapter 472.
5. Cattle above age of eighteen months to be branded.
6. Return of description and brand marks on cattle to be furnished to the Divisional Revenue Officer by-owners.
7. Duty of Divisional Revenue Officer to maintain a cattle register and to issue cattle vouchers.
8. Cattle vouchers.
9. Power of the Divisional Revenue Officer to direct owner of an animal to brand with marks to indicate locality.
10. Appointment of branding officers.
11. Regulations.
12. Repeal of Chapter 473.
13. Offence of permitting animals to trespass.
14. Power of the owner or occupier of any cultivated private land to seize and detain any animal trespassing, on such land.
15. Power of a Government Agent or a person authorized by him to seize and detain animals trespassing on irrigation works, aerodromes, salterns, lines of railway or land appertaining thereto, public roads, public parks or Crown lands.
16. Persons authorized by a Government Agent to seize trespassing animals to be deemed to be public servants. Cap. 19.
17. Remuneration of persons authorized by a Government Agent to seize trespassing animals.
18. Payment of penalty by the owner or person in charge of an animal which is seized by a person authorized by the Government Agent.
19. Liability of owner or person in charge of animal committing trespass which cannot be, seized.
20. Interference with seizers of animals.
21. Driving of animals by persons into private lands, irrigation works, aerodromes, salterns, lines of railway or land appertaining thereto, public roads, public parks or Crown lands and not taking steps to prevent damage, an offence.
22. Seizure and shooting of animals which are in the habit of trespassing.
23. Destruction stray pigs.
24. Disposal of the carcasses of animals which are destroyed.
25. Failure to pay damages, expenses or penalty an offence, and recovery of damages, expenses or penalty.
26. Regulations.
27. Repeal of Chapter 474.
28. Prohibition of the possession of certain male animals.
29. Issue of certificates by Veterinary Surgeons or authorized officers.
30. Tags to be attached to animals in respect of which certificates are issued.
31. Issue of false certificates by Veterinary Surgeons or authorized officers.
32. Cancellation of certificates issued by Veterinary Surgeons or authorized officers.
33. Power of Veterinary Surgeon or authorized officer to order the castration of any animal which is unfit for breeding.
34. Regulations.
35. Power of Minister to make regulations.
36. Contraventions of the provisions of the Act or regulations made thereunder.
37. General penalty.
38. Interpretation.