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[接上页] (L.N. 33 of 1975; 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132A s 19 Deletion from owners register The manager shall delete from the owners register the name of any person who- (a) fails to notify the manager in writing within 7 days of any change in the particulars of such person entered in the register; or (b) has not been issued with a receipt for any food animal admitted to a waiting lairage for a period of 3 months. (L.N. 33 of 1975; L.N. 279 of 1991) Cap 132A s 20 Admission of food animals to waiting lairage (1) No person, not being a public officer, shall deliver a food animal to a waiting lairage unless- (a) the name of the owner of such food animal is entered on the owners register; and (b) the food animal has been marked with the registration number of the owner, or, if the food animal is a pig, has been marked with a tattooing instrument approved by the manager. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (L.N. 33 of 1975; L.N. 279 of 1991) Cap 132A s 21 Power of manager to detain and dispose of unidentified food animals, dressed carcasses or carcasses (1) If the owner of any food animal, dressed carcass or carcass in an abattoir is not known or cannot be found the manager may cause it to be detained until the owner is ascertained or found. (2) Where a food animal, dressed carcass or carcass is detained under subsection (1) and the manager is satisfied that the owner of the food animal, dressed carcass or carcass cannot be ascertained or found, he may cause it to be disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (L.N. 210 of 1972; L.N. 279 of 1991) Cap 132A s 22 Manager to post daily statement of food animals held in waiting lairage (1) The manager of an abattoir shall cause to be posted daily in a conspicuous place in the vicinity of every waiting lairage therein a statement containing the name of every person in whose name any food animal was being held in the waiting lairage at the close of working hours on the previous day and the number of food animals then held for that person. (2) No persons shall have any claim whatsoever against the Director or any public officer in respect of the theft of a food animal from a waiting lairage unless a complaint in writing, and the receipt issued for the food animal under this Part, are lodged by the claimant with the manager within 48 hours after the posting of the first statement under subsection (1) in which the lost food animal is not included. (L.N. 33 of 1975; L.N. 143 of 1976; 10 of 1986 s. 32(2); 78 of 1999 s. 7) (L.N. 279 of 1991) Cap 132A s 23 Offence to remove food animal from waiting lairage Any person who removes a food animal from a waiting lairage otherwise than at the direction or with the consent in writing of an authorized officer shall be guilty of an offence. (L.N. 279 of 1991) Cap 132A s 24 Unauthorized persons not permitted to slaughter food animals in abattoir (1) Except with the permission of the manager no person in an abattoir shall- (a) slaughter or assist in the slaughtering of any food animal; or (b) take part in any process of the dressing, trimming, cutting, tying, washing or handling of a slaughtered food animal or any part thereof. (L.N. 33 of 1975) (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 284 of 1987; L.N. 177 of 1996; 78 of 1999 s. 7) (L.N. 279 of 1991) Cap 132A s 25 Owner responsible for collection of certain parts of slaughtered food animal (1) (a) The owner of a food animal which has been slaughtered in an abattoir shall be responsible for the collection from the abattoir of every part of the food animal specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 4. (b) The owner of a food animal which has been slaughtered in an abattoir shall not be entitled to any part of the food animal specified in column 2 of Schedule 4 if the same part from another food animal of the same type is made available in its place for collection by the owner of the first-mentioned food animal. (2) Every part referred to in subsection (1) shall be available for collection from the abattoir by the owner, or by any person who has been approved by the manager as the agent of the owner, during working hours on the day on which the food animal has been slaughtered unless an alternative arrangement has been made between the owner and the manager as to the time of collection thereof. (3) If within the time specified in or arranged with the manager under subsection (2) the owner or his agent does not collect any part referred to in subsection (1), the manager may cause that part to be disposed of as he thinks fit. (L.N. 279 of 1991; 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132A s 26 Power of Director to dispose of certain parts of slaughtered food animals The Director may, in such manner as he thinks fit, dispose of- (a) any blood, loose hairs and bristles, stomach contents and other waste matter; and |