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Animal Welfare Act 2015 s 43

Animal Welfare Act 2015 s 43

s 43 Power to seal premises or conveyance

(1) Where applicable and by reason of its nature, size or amount, it is not practicable to remove any animal, carcass, conveyance, substance or other thing that has been or on any premises or any animal, carcass, conveyance, substance or other thing in any conveyance referred to in subsection 42(1) seized under this section, the animal welfare officer shall, by any means, seal such premises or conveyance from where the animal, carcass, conveyance, substance or other thing was found. (2) The owner or the occupier of the premises or conveyance shall be responsible for the general care or the welfare of the animal, the overall maintenance and safe keeping of any animal, carcass, conveyance, substance or other thing that has been sealed in the premises or conveyance referred to in subsection (1). (3) Any person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to in subsection (1) or removes the animal, carcass, conveyance, substance or other thing that has been sealed, or attempts to do so commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not more than fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not more than one year or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa untuk mengelak premis atau pengangkut

(1) Jika terpakai dan oleh sebab jenis, saiz atau amaunnya, adalah tidak praktik untuk memindahkan mana-mana haiwan, karkas, pengangkut, bahan atau benda lain yang pernah ada atau berada di mana-mana premis atau mana-mana haiwan, karkas, pengangkut, bahan atau benda lain di dalam mana-mana pengangkut yang disebut dalam subseksyen 42(1) disita di bawah seksyen ini, pegawai kebajikan haiwan itu hendaklah, dengan apa-apa cara, mengelak premis atau pengangkut di mana haiwan, karkas, pengangkut, bahan atau benda lain dijumpai. (2) Pemunya atau penghuni premis atau pengangkut itu hendaklah bertanggungjawab bagi penjagaan umum atau kebajikan haiwan, keseluruhan penyelenggaraan dan penyimpanan selamat mana-mana haiwan, karkas, pengangkut, bahan atau benda lain yang telah dilak di dalam premis atau pengangkut yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1). (3) Mana-mana orang yang, tanpa kuasa yang sah, memecahkan, mengganggu atau merosakkan lak yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) atau memindahkan haiwan, karkas, pengangkut, bahan atau benda lain yang dilak atau cuba untuk berbuat demikian melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak kurang daripada sepuluh ribu ringgit dan tidak lebih daripada lima puluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak lebih daripada satu tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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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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