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Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Criminal
Procedure Code (Chapter 7), a Court of a Magistrate shall have jurisdiction to try any offence against this Act and shall have power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of any offence against this Act.
For the purpose of section 133 of the Criminal Procedure Code
(Chapter 7) and notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) thereof, a Magistrate may take cognisance of an offence against this Act upon receiving a complaint in writing and signed by the Director or an authorised officer.
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
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