Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Prevention of Spread of Disease
27. Disposal of infected animal or carcase
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No person shall knowingly cast or cause or permit to be cast into any drain, ditch, water channel, street or open space, or otherwise expose —
any animal or the carcase of any animal which is or has been infected with disease; or
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any fodder, litter, dung or thing which has been used in connection with any infected animal.
Any person who acts in contravention of 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.
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;
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;
disease
Defined · s 2“disease” includes any animal disease that is infectious or contagious amongst animals and includes any other disease which the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare to be a disease for the purpose of this Act;
quarantine
Defined · s 2“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation of any animal or thing;
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