Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
20. Post-mortem examination
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director or an authorised officer may cause the carcase of any animal to be subject to a post-mortem examination.
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Director or authorised officer may give written directions —
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
for the carcase, if already buried, to be exhumed for the purpose of a post-mortem examination; and
for the carcase to be delivered to an authorised examiner at a specified place and time.
Any person who —
fails without lawful excuse to comply with any written direction given to him under subsection (2); or
without the permission of the Director or an authorised officer removes the carcase from the place to which it has been delivered under subsection (2)(b), is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.
Terms defined in s 2
animal
Defined · s 2“animal” means any mammal (other than man) or bird and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;
authorised examiner
Defined · s 2“authorised examiner” means any person who has been designated as such under section 3(3) and includes an authorised officer;
authorised officer
Defined · s 2“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
carcase
Defined · s 2“carcase” means the dead body of an animal and includes any part thereof and the meat, bones (whether whole, broken or ground), offal, hide, skin, wool, hair, feathers, hoof, horns or other part of an animal, separately or otherwise or any portion thereof;
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