Singapore legislation

Section 8

of Slaughter-houses and Meat Processing Factories Act

Section 8

Offences as to marks and penalties

Any person who —

(a)

marks the carcase or part of the carcase of any animal which was not slaughtered at a Government slaughter-house with any mark with the intention of causing it to be believed that the animal was slaughtered at such a slaughter-house;

(b)

makes or has in his possession any dye, plate or other instrument for the purpose of its being used or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government slaughter-house mark; or

(c)

sells or exposes for sale or has in his possession for sale the carcase or part of the carcase of any animal bearing a mark intended to represent a Government slaughter-house mark or so marked as to cause it to be believed that the animal was so slaughtered, but which was not slaughtered at a Government slaughter-house, unless he proves that he did not knowingly so sell or expose or have in his possession the carcase or part of a carcase,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

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