Section 28

The local authority may require the dairyman not to supply milk, and may order the removal of all milch cows or buffaloes from such premises to a Government or municipal quarantine station for animals for such period as the health officer considers necessary in order to check the spread of such infectious disease.

No order shall be made for removal of any milch cows or buffaloes unless a veterinary officer certifies that such removal is necessary.

Any dairyman aggrieved by any such requisition or order may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final, but pending the disposal of any such appeal the order shall remain in force.

Any person who refuses to permit the health officer or veterinary officer to make any examination necessary for the purposes of this section or, after any order has been made under

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this section, supplies milk in contravention of the order, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $200 and, if the offence continues, a further fine of $100 for every day during which the offence continues.

A dairyman shall not be liable to an action for breach of contract if the breach is due to an order under this section.