Clause 79

The Director may license any place as a slaughter-house on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit and may, at his discretion at any time, suspend or revoke such licence.

No place shall be used as a slaughter-house unless a licence has been obtained therefor from the Director and such licence is neither suspended nor revoked.

Any person who, without such licence or during the period for which any such licence is suspended or after the same is revoked as aforesaid, slaughters any animal or allows any animal to be slaughtered in any slaughter-house shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to a further fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day during which he continues so to do.

The Director may, if he thinks fit, provide places for the purpose of being used as government slaughter-houses, and shall make regulations for and with respect to the management of such places, and prescribing the fees to be taken for slaughtering animals therein.

For the purposes of this section and any other section of this Ordinance relating to slaughter-houses or the slaughtering of animals, and any regulations made thereunder the word “animal” means and includes all ruminating animals and swine but does not include any wild animal.