On 22/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
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Special provisions relating to animals (other than dogs and cats) and birds
31. Sections 32 to 36 shall not apply to dogs and cats.
32.
—(1) The owner or person in charge of any animal or bird that has died from disease or has been destroyed by order of an authorised officer shall burn or otherwise dispose of the carcase thereof in accordance with the written directions of the authorised officer.
[16/2000]
(2) Any person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any written directions given to him by an authorised officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
[16/2000; 10/2002]
33.
—(1) No person shall move or dispose, whether by sale or otherwise, of any animal or bird diseased or reasonably suspected of being diseased or of being a contact of any diseased animal or bird or of the carcase of such an animal or bird, or of the milk, dung or blood of such an animal, except with the written consent of an authorised officer.
[16/2000]
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
[10/2002]
34.
—(1) An authorised officer may give written directions prohibiting the removal of milk, manure, fodder, litter or other articles likely to carry or convey infection, from premises on which there is or recently has been, any animal or bird infected with disease.
[16/2000]
(2) Any person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any written directions given to him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
[10/2002]
35.
—(1) Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that any disease exists amongst any animals or birds in any part of Singapore, the Minister may by order declare that part to be an infected area and may in the order —
(a)
prohibit, either absolutely or conditionally, the removal of any animal or bird or any specified kind of animal or bird into or out of that area; and
(b)
restrict the movement of persons and vehicles, aircraft and ships into, within or out of that area.
[10/2002]
(2) When an area has been declared to be an infected area under subsection (1), the Director-General or an authorised officer may give the owner or person in charge of any animal or bird in that area such written directions as the Director-General or authorised officer may consider necessary to control and check the spread of the disease.
[10/2002]
(3) Directions issued under subsection (2) may —
(a)
regulate the tying-up, isolation, segregation, movement or slaughter of animals or birds in the infected area; and
(b)
require the taking of any measure as may be specified by the Director-General or authorised officer.
[10/2002]
(4) Any animal or bird allowed to stray within an infected area, in contravention of any written direction given under subsection (2), may —
(a)
be destroyed immediately by an authorised officer or any person acting under his direction; or
(b)
be seized and detained until its forfeiture has been declared under the provisions of this Act.
[16/2000; 10/2002]
(5) No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal or bird so destroyed or seized under subsection (4).
(6) Any person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any order given to him under subsection (1) or with any written directions given to him under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
[10/2002]