Section 35
Animals and things not to be removed from or taken into infected places
of Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act
(1)
Subject to any regulations made under this Act, no person shall, without a permit issued by an authorised officer, remove from or take into an infected place any animal or thing.
(2)
Where an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that any animal or thing has been removed from or taken into an infected place in contravention of subsection (1), the authorised officer may, whether or not the animal or thing is seized —
(a)
return it to or remove it from the infected place, or move it to any other place; or
(b)
require its owner or the person having the possession, care or control of it to return it to or remove it from the infected place, or move it to any other place.
(3)
A requirement under subsection (2)(b) shall be communicated by personal delivery of a notice to the owner or person having the possession, care or control of the animal or thing or by sending the notice to the owner or person, and the notice may specify the period within which and the manner in which the animal or thing is to be returned or removed.
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.