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Animals Act 1953 s 8

Animals Act 1953 s 8

s 8 Arrival of animals to be reported

(1) The master of any ship or aircraft and the guard of any train on board of which there is any animal or bird, whether such animal or bird is intended to be landed in Peninsular Malaysia or not, shall immediately on the first arrival of the ship, aircraft or train at a port, airfield or station in Peninsular Malaysia report the fact to a Port Officer or the officer in charge of the airfield or the station master, as the case may be, who shall without delay inform the nearest veterinary authority. (2) A veterinary authority may board any ship, aircraft or train for the purpose of examining such animal. (3) A Port Officer or officer in charge of an airfield or station master shall not permit any animal or bird which has arrived in Peninsular Malaysia to be landed from the ship or removed from the aircraft or the train until he is satisfied that the veterinary authority has granted a permit for the landing or removal of such animal or bird. (4) Subsection (3) shall apply, notwithstanding that a licence may have been granted under section 6 or that the animal or bird comes from a country or part of a country specified in an order made under paragraph 5 (l)(a). (5) (a) Any person who fails to make a report as required by subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine of fifty ringgit. (b) Any person who permits an animal or bird to be landed or removed contrary to subsection (3) shall be liable to a fine of two hundred ringgit.

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Text as at 1 November 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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