Cap. 36 Art. 106General offences.

Saving the provision of article 109, if any person, without lawful authority or excuse, proof whereof shall lie on him, does any of the following things, he shall be guilty of an offence against Part

II of this Ordinance:

(a) if he does anything in contravention of the provisions of that Part, or of an order of the Minister responsible for agriculture or regulation made thereunder; or

(b) if, where required by the provisions of that Part, or by an order of the Minister responsible for agriculture or regulation made thereunder, to keep an animal separate, as far as practicable from other animals or to give notice of disease with all practicable speed, he fails to do so; or

(c) if he fails to give, produce, observe or do any notice, license, rule or thing which according to the provisions of that Part or to any order of the Minister responsible for agriculture or regulation made thereunder, he is required to give, produce, observe or do; or

(d) if he does anything which by that Part or by an order of the Minister responsible for agriculture or regulation made thereunder, is made or declared to be unlawful; or

(e) if he does or omits to do anything, the doing or omission whereof is declared in that Part or in any order of the Minister responsible for agriculture or regulation made thereunder, to be an offence by him against that Part; or

(f) if he refuses to any officer acting in execution of that Part or of an order of the Minister responsible for agriculture or regulation made thereunder, admission to any land, building, ship, farm-house, vehicle or boat which the officer is entitled to enter or examine, or obstructs or impedes him in so entering or examining, or otherwise in any respect obstructs or impedes any Police or other officer in the execution of his duty, or assists in any such obstructing or impeding; or

(g) if he throws or places or causes or suffers to be thrown or placed, into or in the sea within five kilometres of the shore, the carcase or any animal which has died of disease or been slaughtered as diseased or suspected of being diseased, and on a further conviction within a period of twelve months for a second or subsequent offence against the same paragraph of this article he shall be liable, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month, in lieu of the fine (multa) to which he is liable under article 105.