Appendix H.
40
Horse to be
examined by
Veterinary
Practitioner.
7. (1) On any such seizure as aforesaid, the Inspector
shall cause the horse seized to be examined as soon as possible
by such Veterinary Practitioner as the Local Government
may appoint in this behalf:
Provided that, when the Inspector is also a Veterinary Prac-
titioner so appointed, he may make the examination himself
Horse to be
destroyed if
found diseased,
otherwise
restored.
(2) For the purposes of the examination the Veterinary
Practitioner may submit the horse to any test or tests which
the local Government may prescribe.
8. (1) If the Veterinary Practitioner certifies in writing
that the horse is diseased, the Inspector shall cause the same to
be immediately destroyed :
Provided that, in the case of any disease other than glanders
or farcy, horses certified to be diseased as aforesaid may, subject
to any rules which the Local Government may make in this be-
half, be either destroyed or otherwise treated or dealt with as
the Veterinary Practitioner may deem necessary.
(2) If after completing the examination, the Veterinary
Practitioner does not certify that the horse is diseased, the
Inspector shall at once deliver the same to the person entitled
to the possession thereof.
When horse
diseased, place
where it has
been to be
disinfected, etc.
9. (1) When any diseased horse has been in any building,
shed or other enclosed place, or in any open lines, the Inspector
may issue a notice to the owner of the building, shed, place or
lines, or to the person in charge thereof directing him to have
the same disinfected and the internal fittings thereof or such other
things found therein or near thereto, as the Local Government
may by rule prescribe, destroyed.
(2) On the failure or neglect of such owner or other person
as aforesaid to comply with the notice within a reasonable time,
the Inspector shall cause the building, shed, place or lines to be
disinfected and the fittings or other things to be destroyed and,
the expense (if any) thereby incurred may be recovered from
the owner or other person as if it were a fine.
Owner or
person in
charge of
diseased horse
to give notice.
10. The owner or any person in charge of a diseased horse
shall give immediate information of the horse being diseased
to the inspector or to such authority as the Local Government
may appoint in this behalf.
Prohibition
against re-
moval without
licence of
horse which
has been with
diseased
horse.
11. No person in charge of any horse which has been in the
same field, building or place as, or in contact with, a diseased
horse, shall remove such horse except in good faith for the pur-
pose of preventing infection, or under a license to be granted by
the Inspector and subject to the conditions of the license.
Vexatious
entries,
searches and
seizures.
12. (1) Whoever, being an Inspector appointed under this
Act, vexatiously and unnecessarily enters or searches any field,
building or other place, or seizes or details any horse on the
pretence that it is diseased, shall be punishable with imprison-
ment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine
which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
(2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted
after the expiry of three months from the date on which the
offence has been committed.