Section 4

Meat shall only be imported by a person holding a Halal Import

Permit, and an export permit from the exporting country.

On receiving an application for a Halal Import Permit, the Board shall, where the slaughtering centre from which the applicant desires to import meat is already on the approved list of the Majlis, consider the application and submit its report to the Majlis for final decision thereon.

The Majlis shall, after considering the report of the Board, decide whether or not a Halal Import Permit is to be issued to the applicant, and the Board shall act according to the decision of the Majlis.

If the slaughtering centre is not already on the approved list of the Majlis, the Board shall forward the application to the Secretary of the

Majlis who shall, on the instruction of the President, request the Inspection

Committee to inspect such slaughtering centre and to submit its report to the

Majlis for final decision thereon.

The Board shall ensure that only such quantity of meat is imported which is necessary having regard to the availability of meat produced locally.

The Board shall further ensure that meat shall only be imported from countries where animals are free from dangerous and contagious diseases and where only local animals are slaughtered.

If the Majlis decides that the meat is halal and fit for importation, it shall issue a Halal Certificate in respect of such meat and a

Halal label shall be displayed thereon by the importer which shall remain so even during the sale of such meat in Brunei Darussalam.

The Inspection Committee shall make necessary arrangements to ensure that halal meat has not been mixed with non-halal meat at any stage.

Halal Meat 6

All the expenses incurred on the inspection of the slaughtering centre by the Inspection Committee shall be borne by the importer.

Local halal meat.